IE 471 Operations Research I, Fall 2008

• (9/8) MPL guide with sample model files, online tutorial, etc.: click here.
  
• (10/6) Midterm 1 will be given in class on Monday October 13th. Closed book except for one one-sided handwritten formula sheet. No calculator. Topics: Chapters 1-4. A practice midterm was handed out in class. Please see me if you need a copy.
• (10/24) The final exam is scheduled on Tuesday December 9, 8-10am in SEL 3290. Please email me by November 14 if you have a conflict with another final exam. In your email, include the course you have a conflict with and the days, times and course numbers of your other final exams during finals week. If you do not email me by November 14, you will not be allowed to take a make-up exam, so please check for conflicts before that date.
• (12/1) The final exam will be given on Tuesday December 9, 8-10am in SEL 3290. Closed book except for one two-sided handwritten formula sheet. Topics: Chapters 1-9 with a focus on Chapters 5-9.
• (12/1) Practice problems from Chapter 9 can be found here.

• (9/8) Homework 1 (due on Monday 9/15): problems (from the textbook):
  • 3.1-7
  • 3.4-8: in part (b), use Excel. Print out a copy of your spreadsheet. Show the formulas that you used, and define what are the data cells, the output cells, the Solver target cell and Solver changing cells.
  • 3.4-14 (a)
  • 3.4-15 (a)
  • 3.7-4 (a): print out a copy of the model in MPL and the solution file.
  Homework 1 Solution.
  
  
• (9/22) Homework 2 (due on Monday 9/29): problems (from the textbook):
  • 4.1-2
  • 4.3-2, parts (a) and (c). In part (c), use Excel. Print out a copy of your spreadsheet. Put headers to the rows and columns and present similarly to examples seen in class, in the textbook and in the course CD-ROM. Show the formulas that you used, and indicate which cells are data cells, output cells, the Solver target cell and Solver changing cells.
  • 4.4-5, parts (b) and (c). Part (b): by hand. Part (c): use Excel. Same instructions as for problem 4.3-2(c) above.
  • 4.5-8. Use the tabular form of the Simplex method. Verify one of the optimal solutions you obtained by using MPL. Print out a copy of the model and the solution file. In the model, please introduce an INDEX, VARIABLES, etc. as shown in class, in the textbook and in the examples in the course CD-ROM.
  Homework 2 Solution.
  
  
• (10/10) Homework 3 (due on Monday 10/20): problems (from the textbook):
  • 4.6-7. In part (h), use Excel. Print out a copy of your spreadsheet. Put headers to the rows and columns and present similarly to examples seen in class, in the textbook and in the course CD-ROM. Show the formulas that you used, and indicate which cells are data cells, output cells, the Solver target cell and Solver changing cells.
  • 4.6-16. In part (d), use Excel. Same instructions as for problem 4.6-7(h) above.
  • 4.7-3.
  • 5.1-3.
  Homework 3 Solution.
  
  
• (10/27) Homework 4 (due on Monday 11/3): problems (from the textbook):
  • 5.2-5
  • 5.3-4
  • 6.3-2: When following instructions of problem 6.3-1, only do parts (a), (b) and (c).
  • 6.4-6
  • 6.5-2
  Homework 4 Solution.
  
  
• (11/7) Homework 5 (due on Monday 11/17): problems (from the textbook):
  • 6.7-3 (a), (c), (d) and (f)
  • 6.7-4
  • 6.7-12 (a)
  • 7.1-1 (b)
  • 7.2-2
  Homework 5 Solution.
  
  
• (11/19) Homework 6 (due on Monday 12/1): problems (from the textbook):
  • 8.1-8. In part (b), use Excel. Print out a copy of your spreadsheet. Put headers to the rows and columns and present similarly to examples seen in class, in the textbook and in the course CD-ROM. Show the formulas that you used, and indicate which cells are data cells, output cells, the Solver target cell and Solver changing cells.
  • 8.2-3
  • 8.2-6
  • 8.4-5. Also check your answer using Excel. Same instructions as above.
  Homework 6 Solution.