Professors | Operational Research
Professors Operational Research
cod. 0612600014
OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
| 0612600014 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING | |
| EQF6 | |
| INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT | |
| 2023/2024 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAT/09 | 6 | 60 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO SOLVE DECISION PROBLEMS, FORMULATED AS CONTINUOUS LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS. STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO FORMULATE REAL PROBLEMS BY MEANS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING. THE SIMPLEX METHOD TO SOLVE MATHEMATICAL MODELS WITH CONTINUOUS VARIABLES WILL ALSO BE TAUGHT. STUDENTS WILL ALSO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE FOR THE STUDY OF SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS APPLIED TO CONTINUOUS LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS. BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE RESOLUTION OF OPTIMIZATION MODEL THROUGH THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE WILL ALSO BE ACQUIRED. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY TO: - FORMULATE A REAL-WORLD OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM AS A LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL (WHEN POSSIBLE); - APPLY THE SIMPLEX METHOD TO SOLVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; - CARRY OUT THE SENSITIVE ANALYSIS OF THE OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS OF SOLVED PROBLEMS; - APPLY THE APPROPRIATE ALGORITHMS TO SOLVE GRAPH OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| THE COURSE REQUIRES A KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC NOTIONS OF LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY AND THE CAPACITY OF SOLVING SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS AND PERFORMING OPERATIONS ON VECTORS AND MATRICES. |
| Contents | |
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| 1. LINEAR PROGRAMMING (PL) (LECTURES: 12H; EXERCISE 6H) - BASIC OPERATIONS ON MATRICES AND VECTORS, SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS. - FORMULATION OF REAL PROBLEMS. PL PROBLEMS IN STANDARD AND CANONICAL FORM. TRANSFORMATION RULES BETWEEN STANDARD AND CANONICAL FORM. - GRAPHICAL RESOLUTION OF PL PROBLEMS. DEFINITION OF HYPERPLANES, HALF-SPACES, POLYHEDRAL, CONVEX FUNCTION AND CONVEX SET. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL OPTIMUM FOR THE PL PROBLEMS (THEOREM AND PROOF). - FINDING THE EXTREME DIRECTIONS OF A POLYHEDRON, REPRESENTATION THEOREM. RESOLUTION OF PL PROBLEMS BY REPRESENTATION THEOREM. 2. THE SIMPLEX METHOD (LECTURES: 8H; EXERCISE 6H) - EXTREME POINTS OF A POLYHEDRON AND BASIC FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN BASIC FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS AND EXTREME POINTS (THEOREM AND PROOF). OPTIMALITY AND UNBOUNDEDNESS CONDITIONS, SIMPLEX METHOD ALGEBRA, DEGENERATE BASIC FEASIBLE SOLUTION AND CYCLING PHENOMENON, SIMPLEX CONVERGENCE. - STARTING BASIC FEASIBLE SOLUTION: TWO-PHASES METHOD AND BIG-M METHOD. 3. THE DUALITY THEORY (LECTURES: 8H; EXERCISE 4H) - DUAL PROBLEM FORMULATION, THEOREM OF WEAK DUALITY, THEOREM OF STRONG DUALITY, COMPLEMENTARY SLACKNESS THEOREM, COMPUTATION OF THE DUAL OPTIMAL SOLUTION BY USING THE COMPLEMENTARY SLACKNESS CONDITIONS, PROPERTIES OBTAINED BY THE ORTHOGONALITY CONDITIONS OF THE COMPLEMENTARY SLACKNESS THEOREM, PRIMAL-DUAL RELATION; - ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF DUAL VARIABLES; - SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS: POST-OPTIMALITY ANALYSIS, OPTIMAL POINT VARIATION, OPTIMAL SOLUTION VALUE VARIATION BY CHANGING DATA; - USE OF THE EXCEL SOFTWARE TO SOLVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS. 4. NETWORK OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS (LECTURES: 12H; EXERCISE 4H) FORMULATIONS AND ALGORITHMS FOR THE FOLLOWING NETWORK OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS: - MINIMUM COST FLOW; - TRANSPORTATION; - MAX FLOW; - SHORTEST PATH; - MINIMUM SPANNING TREE. TOTALLY UNIMODULAR MATRICES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS ON GRAPHS. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED IN 60 HOURS OF FRONTAL LESSONS (6 CFU), USING PROJECTED SLIDES. AT THE END OF EACH TOPIC, SOME EXAMPLES AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES ARE PRESENTED. DURING THE CLASSROOM EXERCISES, THE STUDENTS FACE SOME EXERCISES TO SOLVE BY USING THE TECHNIQUES PRESENTED IN THE THEORETICAL LECTURES. THE RESOLUTION OF THE EXERCISES, WHICH IS CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TEACHER, SEEKS TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN THE STUDENT’S CAPACITY OF IDENTIFYING THE MOST APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES TO SOLVE THEM. METHODS TO PRODUCE A CLEAR AND ACCURATE PRESENTATION OF THE ACHIEVED RESULTS ARE ALSO PROPOSED. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THERE ARE NOT MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS FOR THIS COURSE. THE FINAL EXAM IS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE AS A WHOLE: THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPTS PRESENTED IN THE COURSE, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO APPLY SUCH KNOWLEDGE FOR THE RESOLUTION OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS. THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL INTERVIEW. - THE WRITTEN TEST IS DESIGNED TO ASSESS THE ABILITY TO SOLVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS AND NORMALLY LASTS 120 MINUTES. IT CONSISTS OF 4 OR 5 EXERCISES, AND POSSIBLY OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS, WHICH ARE GIVEN A SCORE. THE SUM OF THESE SCORES IS 30. TYPICAL TOPICS OF THE EXERCISES CONCERN: THE GRAPHICAL RESOLUTION OF PL PROBLEMS AND THE COMPUTATION OF THE EXTREME DIRECTIONS OF THE POLYHEDRON, THE FORMULATION OF OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS, THE RESOLUTION OF A PL PROBLEM BY USING THE SIMPLEX METHOD, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DUAL PROBLEM, THE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND THE RESOLUTION OF GRAPH PROBLEMS PRESENTED IN THE COURSE. THE SCORE OF THE WRITTEN EXAM IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE SCORES ASSIGNED BY THE TEACHER TO THE EXERCISES SOLVED BY THE STUDENT. IS ADMITTED TO THE ORAL EXAMINATION THE STUDENT THAT GAINS A SCORE OF AT LEAST 18/30. - THE ORAL INTERVIEW IS OPTIONAL AND THEREFORE THE STUDENT CAN CONFIRM THE SCORE OF THE WRITTEN TEST. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TYPE AND SERIOUSNESS OF THE ERRORS FOUND IN THE WRITTEN TEST, THE TEACHER MAY REQUEST THE ORAL INTERVIEW. WITH THE ORAL INTERVIEW, ARE EVALUATED THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MODELLING AND SOLVING OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS. THE INTERVIEW INCLUDES THE PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION OF THE WRITTEN TEST AND VARIOUS QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE PROGRAM. THE MINIMUM ASSESSMENT LEVEL (18) IS AWARDED WHEN THE STUDENT SHOWS A FRAGMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF THEORETICAL CONTENTS AND A LIMITED ABILITY TO FORMULATE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS AND TO APPLY ALGORITHMS TO SOLVE THEM. THE MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT LEVEL (30) IS ATTRIBUTED WHEN THE STUDENT SHOWS A COMPLETE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURSE TOPICS AND A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS TO SOLVE THE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS FACED. THE FINAL GRADE IS DEFINED BY THE TEACHER ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE TWO TESTS. IN ANY CASE, THE FINAL GRADE CANNOT EXCEED THE WRITTEN TEST GRADE BY MORE THAN 6 POINTS. THE ORAL INTERVIEW IS USUALLY SCHEDULED WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE WRITTEN EXAM AND IT IS COMMUNICATED TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE WRITTEN TEST ON THE TEACHER'S WEBSITE. TO PROVIDE MORE TIME FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE ORAL INTERVIEW, IT IS ALLOWED FOR THE STUDENT TO TAKE THE ORAL INTERVIEW IN ANY CALL OF THE SAME EXAM SESSION. THE STUDENT WHO WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS POSSIBILITY MUST NOTIFY THE TEACHER BY EMAIL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE WRITTEN TEST. |
| Texts | |
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| - M.S. BAZARAA, J.J. JARVIS & H.D. SHERALI, LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND NETWORK FLOWS, FOURTH EDITION, JOHN WILEY, 2010. - SLIDES AVAILABLE HERE: HTTPS://DOCENTI.UNISA.IT/020511/RISORSE OTHER RESOURCES: HILLIER FREDERICK S., RICERCA OPERATIVA, MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION, 2010. |
| More Information | |
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| - EMAIL: FCARRABS@UNISA.IT - THE COURSE LANGUAGE IS ITALIAN. - ATTENDANCE OF THE LESSONS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. - OTHER SUPPORTING MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBPAGE: HTTPS://DOCENTI.UNISA.IT/020511/RISORSE - OFFICE HOURS FOR STUDENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBPAGE: HTTPS://DOCENTI.UNISA.IT/020511/HOME |
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