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ETC2480
Faculty of Business and Economics
6 points, SCA Band 0 (NATIONAL PRIORITY), 0.125 EFTSL
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| Level | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Offered | Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) |
| Coordinator(s) | Dr Lee Gordon-Brown |
Synopsis
Topics include business modelling with spreadsheets; the methodology of business modelling; linear programming; transportation and assignment problems; integer programming; network models and project scheduling problems.
Outcomes
The learning goals associated with this unit are to:
- describing business models using concept diagrams and mathematical programming formulations
- formulating, solving and interpreting business problems with linear programming using graphical methods, Excel Solver, duality, sensitivity, and Simplex method
- formulating, solving and interpreting business problems with integer programming using branch and bound and Excel Solver
- analysing simple problems using transportation simplex, assignment method, project management networks, and network flow techniques.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (2 hours): 60%
Chief examiner(s)
Contact hours
4 hours per week
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