OR 106-2

About this Course

For those who want to ask for a registration code or audit this course, please complete this form by 23:59:59, 2018/3/2.

Operations Research (OR) is a field in which people use mathematical and engineering methods to study optimization problems in Business and Management, Economics, Computer Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc. In this course, we focus on deterministic optimization techniques, which is a major part of the field of OR. This course emphasizes on both theories and applications. We will give you mathematical models, properties, algorithms, and examples. The applicability of those models will be demonstrated with examples in manufacturing, logistics, marketing, finance, supply chain management, human resource management, and information management. Though we focus on business decision making, students may also see these ideas and techniques used in Economics, Statistics, and Computer Science.

This is a required course for the sophomores in the Department of Information Management in National Taiwan University. In most cases, all students who want to enroll in or audit this course are welcome. This course is taught in English.

Basic information

Instructor	Ling-Chieh Kung (孔令傑) E-mail: lckung(AT)ntu.edu.tw Office: Room 413, Management Building II Tel: 02-3366-1176. Office hour: by appointments.
Teaching Assistants	Peter Chien (簡子翔). E-mail: r05725045(AT)ntu.edu.tw. Tsanting Li (李璨婷). E-mail: r06725002(AT)ntu.edu.tw. Alicia Tsai (蔡依庭). E-mail: aliciatsai(AT)ntu.edu.tw.
Lectures	9:10-12:10pm, Thursday. Room 103, Management Building 1.
Prerequisites	Calculus: "Calculus I" and "Calculus II" in the IM department, or equivalent. Linear Algebra: "Management Mathematics" in the IM department, or equivalent. Probability: "Statistics I" in the IM department, or equivalent. Discrete Mathematics: "Discrete Mathematics" in the IM department, or equivalent.
Textbook	Introduction to Operations Research by Hillier and Lieberman, tenth edition, McGraw Hill. 臺灣代理: 東華書局/新月圖書, (02) 2311-4027.
References	Introduction to Management Science: A Modeling and Case Studies Approach with Spreadsheets by Hillier and Hillier. Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms by Winston. 管理科學：作業研究與電腦應用 by 陳文賢 and 陳靜枝.
On-line resources	To check grades: CEIBA. To download or link to materials and discuss: NTU COOL.

Syllabus

For a detailed description about this course, including course policies, grading rules, tentative schedules, etc., please see the syllabus. Whenever there is an update, a new version will be posted with a short note describing the update.

Post	Syllabus	Notes
2018/1/7	Link	The inital plan
2018/3/1	Link	The plan at the beginning of this semester

Lecture materials

Week	Topic	Lectures	Videos	Pre-lecture Problems
1	Overview	Slides	NTU COOL	N/A

Homework

Problems	Solution

Cases

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Exam and Project

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IM 2010, Spring 2018 (106-2)

Operations Research