Postgraduate Course: Computing for Operational Research (MATH11094)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 5 |
| Home subject area | Mathematics |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Scope of OR computational tools: Excel, Xpress, Simul8, SPSS and Java. Excel: data handling, simple LP model and processing of results; limitations. Introduction to Xpress: operations on 1-d and 2-d arrays sum and forall; repeat, while loops over real valued parameters. Reading and writing data, including .csv files as a route to Excel. Use of Xpress minimizer. Java: introduction to common programming concepts (variables, loops, conditional execution, arrays, subroutines), using Java as teaching language. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Ability to model simple OR problems using Mosel in Xpress and process the results using Excel. Ability to write Java programs for simple OR applications. |
Assessment Information
| Continuous Assessment 100% |
Special Arrangements
| MSc Operational Research students only. |
Additional Information
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | COR |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Julian Hall
Tel: (0131 6)50 5075
Email: J.A.J.Hall@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Frances Reid
Tel: (0131 6)50 4883
Email: f.c.reid@ed.ac.uk |
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