Optimization Techniques detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Business Systems (CS&BS) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CS&BS students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Unit I
LINEAR MODELS
Introduction of Operations Research – mathematical formulation of LPP- Graphical Methods to solve LPP- Simplex Method- Two-Phase method
Unit II
INTEGER PROGRAMMING AND TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS
Integer programming: Branch and bound method- Transportation and Assignment problems -Traveling salesman problem.
Unit III
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Unit IV
CLASSICAL OPTIMIZATION THEORY
Unconstrained problems – necessary and sufficient conditions – Newton-Raphson method, Constrained problems – equality constraints – inequality constraints – Kuhn-Tucker conditions.
Unit V
QUEUING MODELS
Introduction, Queuing Theory, Operating characteristics of a Queuing system, Constituents of a Queuing system, Service facility, Queue discipline, Single channel models, multiple service channels.
Practicals
- Solving simplex maximization problems using R programming.
- Solving simplex minimization problems using R programming.
- Solving mixed constraints problems – Big M & Two phase method using TORA.
- Solving transportation problems using R.
- Solving assignment problems using R.
- Solving optimization problems using LINGO.
- Studying Primal-Dual relationships in LP using TORA.
- Solving LP problems using dual simplex method using TORA.
- Sensitivity & post optimality analysis using LINGO.
- Solving shortest route problems using optimization software
- Solving Project Management problems using optimization software
- Testing random numbers and random variates for their uniformity.
- Testing random numbers and random variates for their independence
- Solve single server queuing model using simulation software package.
- Solve multi server queuing model using simulation software package.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Hamdy A Taha, Operations Research: An Introduction, Pearson, 10th Edition, 2017.
Reference Books:
- ND Vohra, Quantitative Techniques in Management, Tata McGraw Hill, 4th Edition, 2011.
- J. K. Sharma, Operations Research Theory and Applications, Macmillan, 5th Edition, 2012.
- Hiller F.S, Liberman G.J, Introduction to Operations Research, 10th Edition McGraw Hill, 2017.
- Jit. S. Chandran, Mahendran P. Kawatra, KiHoKim, Essentials of Linear Programming, Vikas Publishing House Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi, 1994.
- Ravindran A., Philip D.T., and Solberg J.J., Operations Research, John Wiley, 2nd Edition, 2007.
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