Undergraduate Course: Mathematical Programming (BUST10011)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Optimisation in networks: flows in networks, shortest routes, spanning trees. Integer programming: problem formulations and methods of model solution. The concepts of branch and bound and related strategies. Applications in distribution, production, investment, communications. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | A pass in Management Science and Information Systems (BUST08007) OR
Management Science and Operations Planning (BUST10020) equivalents
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| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Objective/Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
On completion of the course students should:
(i) be able to assess critically the utility of a number of mathematical programming techniques
(ii) be able to describe mathematical programming solution techniques
(iii) be able to use mathematical programming methods to model management decision problems.
Cognitive Skills
On completion of the course students should:
(i) demonstrate ability in deciding whether a problem is amenable to solution by mathematical programming techniques
(ii) demonstrate ability in using mathematical programming solution techniques
(iii) demonstrate ability in explaining the solution to mathematical programming models.
Key Skills
On completion of the course students should:
(i) be able to formulate problems in mathematical programming terms
(ii) be able to solve mathematical programming problems using commercial software.
(iii) be able to communicate mathematical programming solutions to non-specialists.
Subject Specific Skills
On completion of the course students should:
(i) have extended their model building skills
(ii) have increased their model solution skills.
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Assessment Information
By one project (30%) and a final examination (70%).
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | MP |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jamal Ouenniche
Tel: (0131 6)50 3792
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Course secretary | Ms Patricia Ward-Scaltsas
Tel: (0131 6)50 3823
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