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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY / MECHANICAL & AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT / VI TERM / THIRDYEAR1 / Course number / MEC311
2 / Course Title / OPERATIONS RESEARCH (DE-1 ME&AE)
3 / Credits / 4
4 / Contact Hours (L-T-P) / 4-0-0
5 / Course Objective / The objective of OR is to provide a scientific basis to the managers of an organisation for solving problems involving interaction of the components of the system, by employing a system approach by a team of experts drawn from different disciplines, for finding a solution which is in the best interest of the organisation as a whole.
6 / Course Outcomes / After successful completion of this course students should be able:
1: To identify and visualize the modes of Operation research in different practical configurations
2: To understand basic mathematical/numerical methods needed to solve different OR problems
3: Proficiency with tools from optimization, probability, statistics, simulation, and engineering economic analysis, including fundamental applications of those tools in industry and the public sector in contexts involving uncertainty and scarce or expensive resources.
4: Facility with mathematical and computational modelling of real decision-making problems, including the use of modelling tools and computational tools, as well as analytic skills to evaluate the problems.
5: Facility with the design, implementation, and analysis of computational experiments.
7 / Outline syllabus
7.01 / MEC311.A / Unit A / Introduction & Linear Programming Problems
7.02 / MEC311.A1 / Unit A Topic 1 / Introduction: OR models and their applications
7.03 / MEC311.A2 / Unit A Topic 2 / Formulation ofLinear Programming Problems, Graphical solution
7.04 / MEC311.A3 / Unit A Topic 3 / Simplex procedure for maximization and minimization, Duality concept
7.05 / MEC311.B / Unit B / Transportation Model & Assignment Models
7.06 / MEC311.B1 / Unit B Topic 1 / Mathematical formulation, Methods to find IBFS likeNWCR, LCM and VAM
7.07 / MEC311.B2 / Unit B Topic 2 / MODI method, Degeneracy and its resolution.
7.08 / MEC311.B3 / Unit B Topic 3 / Assignment Model: Hungarian Method, Travelling Salesman Problem
7.09 / MEC311.C / Unit C / Queuing Model & Inventory Control
7.10 / MEC311.C1 / Unit C Topic 1 / Queuing Model: Introduction, Kendall’s notation, Classification of queuing models, Sequencing of n jobs and 2 & 3 machines, 2 jobs and m machines
7.11 / MEC311.C2 / Unit C Topic 2 / Inventory control: Introduction, models of inventory,
7.12 / MEC311.C3 / Unit C Topic 3 / fixed order quantity system, periodic quantity system EOQ model.
7.13 / MEC311.D / Unit D / Decision Theory
7.14 / MEC311.D1 / Unit D Topic 1 / Introduction, Pay off table, Opportunity loss or regret table, Decisions under uncertainty,
7.15 / MEC311.D2 / Unit D Topic 2 / Laplace Criterion, Maximin principle, minimax principle, Hurwicz principle, Decisions under risk–maximum likelihood criteria,
7.16 / MEC311.D3 / Unit D Topic 3 / Expectation principle, Expected opportunity loss or expected regret, Decision trees.
7.17 / MEC311.E / Unit E / Network ModelsComputational Practices
7.18 / MEC311.E1 / Unit E Topic 1 / Basic concept, Rules for drawing the network diagram, Applications of CPM and PERT techniques.
7.19 / MEC311.E2 / Unit E Topic 2 / Introduction of Different Operation Research Software.
7.20 / MEC311.E3 / Unit E Topic 3 / At least 5 Practical/Real Examples solved computationally based on OR Softwares (LindoAPI ,Lingo etc.).
8 / Course Evaluation
8.1 / Course work: / 30%
8.11 / Attendance / None
8.12 / Homework / Three best out of 4 assignments: 20 marks
8.13 / Quizzes / Two 30-minutes surprise quizzes: 10 marks
8.14 / Projects / None
8.15 / Presentations / None
8.16 / Any other / None
8.2 / MTE / One, 20 percent
8.3 / End-term examination: 50%
9 / References
9.1 / Text book / 1. Hira & Gupta, Operations Research, S. Chand & Co. New Delhi, 2007.
9.2 / Other references / 1. Sharma,J.K., Operations Research: Theory and Application, McMillan India Publication. New Delhi, 3rd Edition.
2. Taha, H.A., Introduction to Operation Research, PHl Publication, 9th edition.
3. Tripathy, Production and Operation Management, Scitech Publication, 2007 edition.
4. Rajgopal, K., Operation Research, PHI Learning Pvt Ltd., 1st Edition, 2012.
6. Paneerselvam, R., Operation Research, PHI Learning Pvt Ltd.,2nd Edition, 2009.
7. Use MATLAB Software– MATLAB R2011b; Version 8.1, and Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or2012.
Mapping of Outcomes vs. Topics
Outcome no. →Syllabus topic↓ / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
MEC311.A / X / X / X / X / X
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MEC311.A2 / X
MEC311.A3 / X
MEC311.B / X / X / X / X / X
MEC311.B1
MEC311.B2
MEC311.B3
MEC311.C / X / X / X / X / X
MEC311.C1
MEC311.C2
MEC311.C3
MEC311.D / X / X / X / X
MEC311.D1 / X
MEC311.D2 / X
MEC311.D3 / X
MEC311.E / X / X / X / X
MEC311.E1
MEC311.E2 / X
MEC311.E3 / X