Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Engineering
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
5104MAR-JAN-CTY
Aims
To introduce the major models of management science/operations research and indicate their practical application to business problems.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate knowledge of broad application of management science to business environment
2.
Formulate, use and interpret a variety of quantitative models
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Discussion of mathematical formulation of decision problems under resource constraints.
Introduction of Operations Research (OR) / Management Science (MS) models. Mathematical programming, in particular linear/integer programming to solve business problems. Use of computer packages in solving OR problems; interpretation of output.
Application of OR/MS in business and its validity. Limited case study and evaluation.
Module Overview:
This module will introduce the major models of management science/operations research and indicate their practical application to business problems.
This module will introduce the major models of management science/operations research and indicate their practical application to business problems.
Additional Information:A module which applies OR techniques within the Maritime and Logistics sectors