MAT 312 - Operations Research

Institution:

Berea College

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Prerequisite: MAT 135 or permission of instructor Offered: Typically alternate years (next offered Fall 2009) Operations Research is an applied area employing both mathematics and computer science in addressing certain kinds of decision problems arising in a wide variety of disciplinary and professional contexts. The goals of the course will be to develop skills in identifying typical problems; formulating, solving, and interpreting appropriate models; and developing interactive feedback with the problem environment. Topics include linear programming and network formulations; the simplex algorithm and its computer implementation; sensitivity analysis; duality; network algorithms; and dynamic programming. Practical Reasoning with Quantitative Emphasis (PRQ). 1 Course Credit

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.berea.edu

Phone Number:

(859) 985-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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