The course aims to cover the theoretical grounding, the methodological tools, and the principal resolution techniques of operational research. The discipline will be taught with reference to various decision-making problems of an economic-organisational character concerning the distribution of resources, the sequence of operations, the management of inventory and service systems.
0. General Model
1. Elements of decision theory
2. Linear programming
- Graphical solution
- Simplex method
- Duality, economic interpretation
- Sensitivity analysis
3. Linear programming problems with particular structures
- The transport problem
- The assignment problem
- entire programming problems
4. Game Theory
- non co-operative games
- co-operative games
Course notes prepared by the lecturer will be distributed during the course.
Other recommended textbooks:
Hillier F.S., Lieberman G.J., Introduzione alla ricerca operativa, Milano, Franco Angeli,1994.
Winston W. L.,, Operations Research, Duxbury Press, Belmont,1994.
Bronson R., Ricerca operativa,Milano,Etas,1984.