Operations Research detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Design (CSD) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CSD 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 Computer Science & Design 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSD 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to CSD Open Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of operations research is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
LINEAR PROGRAMMING
Formulation of linear programming models – Graphical solution – Simplex method – Big M Method – Two phase simplex method – Duality – Dual simplex method.
Unit II
TRANSPORTATION AND ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
Matrix form of Transportation problems – Loops in T.P – Initial basic feasible solution -Transportation algorithm – Assignment problem – Unbalanced assignment problems .
Unit III
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Unit IV
DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS
Recursive nature of computation – Forward and backward recursion – Resource Allocation model – Cargo – loading model – Work – force size model – Investment model – Solution of L.P.P by dynamic programming .
Unit V
NON – LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS
Lagrange multipliers – Equality constraints – Inequality constraints – Kuhn – Tucker Conditions -Quadratic programming.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
- Could develop a fundamental understanding of linear programming models, able to develop a linear programming model from problem description, apply the simplex method for solving linear programming problems.
- analyze the concept of developing, formulating, modeling and solving transportation and assignment problems.
- solve the integer programming problems using various methods.
- conceptualize the principle of optimality and sub-optimization, formulation and computational procedure of dynamic programming.
- determine the optimum solution for non linear programming problems.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- J.K.Sharma , ” Operations Research – Theory and Applications ” Mac Millan India Ltd , Second Edition , New Delhi , 2003.
- Richard Bronson & Govindasami Naadimuthu , ” Operations Research ” ( Schaum’s Outlines -TMH Edition) Tata McGraw Hill, Second Edition, New Delhi, 2004.
- Pradeep Prabhakar Pai , ” Operations Research and Practice”, Oxford University Press, New Delhi , 2012.
- J.P.Singh and N.P.Singh , ” Operations Research , Ane Books Pvt.L.td, New Delhi , 2014.
- F.S.Hillier and G.J. Lieberman, ” Introduction to Operations Research ” , Tata McGraw Hill, Eighth Edition , New Delhi, 2005.
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