Operations Research In Textile Industry detailed syllabus for Textile Chemistry (TC) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the TC 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.
For Textile Chemistry 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit TC 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to TC Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of operations research in textile industry is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
Introduction – History of Operations Research, Scope of Operation Research, applications and limitations; Linear programming problem – construction, solution by graphical method, the Simplex method and its extension by the Big M method; integer programming – introduction; application of the LP technique in the field of Textile technology
Unit II
Transportation problem – construction, initial basic feasible solution – North West Corner rule, lowest cost entry method, Vogel’s Approximation Method; the optimality test – Modified Distribution method, stepping stone method; transshipment problems
Unit III
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Unit IV
Replacement analysis; inventory control – ABC, VED analysis, EOQ – application in textile industry, simulation-introduction, Monte Carlo method
Unit V
Project planning and control models: CPM, PERT – network representation, determining critical path, project duration; crashing of project duration; resource leveling
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to
- Design Operations Research problems from the cases arising in the Textile Industry and determine solution for linear programming problems
- Construct and solve transportation problems
- Construct and solve assignment problems and understand decision making under different conditions.
- Carryout replacement analysis and inventory control
- Construct and solve project scheduling by PERT and CPM techniques and resource leveling
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Frederick S. Hillier., Gerald J. Lieberman., Frederick Hillier., and Gerald Lieberman.,“Introduction to Operations Research”, McGraw-Hill International Edition, 8th Edition, 2004, ISBN: 0073017795 / ISBN: 978-0073017792
- Hamdy A Taha., “Operations Research – An Introduction”, Prentice Hall, 9thEdition, 2010 ISBN: 013255593X | ISBN-13: 9780132555937.
- Fabrycky W. J.,Ghare P. M., and Torgersen P. E., “Applied Operation Research andManagement Science”, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1984, ISBN: 013041459X / ISBN: 9780130414595.
- Tulsian P.C., “Quantitative Techniques Theory and Problems”, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt.Ltd., 2006, ISBN: 8131701867 | ISBN-13: 9788131701867
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Textile Chemistry 5th Sem, visit TC 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Textile Chemistry results, visit Anna University TC all semester results direct link.