Courses Bachelor Display 2022-2023
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| Course title | Introduction to Software in Operations Research | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBS2073 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 4,0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Whole/Half Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Advanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Andre Berger For more information: a.berger@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
1. The student will learn to model optimization problems as (integer) linear programs. These problems can come from various domains, such as business, mathematics, or logic puzzles.
2. The student will learn how to implement and solve (integer) linear programming models using state-of-the-art software. 3. The student will learn how to summarize and interpret the results of their implementation in a report. |
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| Description |
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) USED IN THIS COURSE IS WITH RESERVATION. A RE-EMERGENCE OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND NEW COUNTERMEASURES BY THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT MIGHT FORCE COORDINATORS TO CHANGE THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHODS USED. THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING/ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE COURSE SYLLABUS.
Students will acquire the skills to model optimization problems as (integer) linear programs and to solve such programs using the software package CPLEX as a Java library. Being able to model business and economics problems as linear programs and being able to solve them efficiently is essential in business and research. |
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| Prerequisites |
* Optimisation (EBC2105)
* Operations Research (EBC2106) |
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| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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