The phase of an operation research study - Linear programming - Graphical method - Simplex algorithm - Duality formulation - Sensitivity analysis: - changes in - Objective function, RHS of Constraints and variables.
Transportation Assignment Models - Traveling Salesman problem - Networks models - Shortest route - Minimal spanning tree - Maximum flow models - Project network - CPM and PERT networks - Critical path scheduling.
Inventory models - Economic order quantity models - Quantity discount models - Stochastic inventory models - Multi product models - Inventory control models - replacement models - service life - Economics.
Queueing models - Queueing systems and structures - Notation parameter - Single server and multi server models - Poisson input - Exponential service - Constant rate service - Infinite population - Simulation - Monte Carlo Technique.
Decision models - Game theory - Two person zero sum games - Graphical solution - Algebraic solution - Linear Programming solution - Single / Multi variable search technique - Dynamic Programming - Simple Problems.
Reference Book:
1. D.K. Pratihar and S.P. Simon, Soft Computing techniques, Oxford University Press, 2015. 2. S. Rajasekaran and G. A. V. Pai, "Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithms", PHI, 2012.
Text Book:
1. Taha H.A,"Operation Research", Pearson Education sixth edition, 10th Edition 2017. 2. Kalyanmoy Deb, "Optimization for Engineering Design", Prentice Hall India (Pvt) Ltd., New Delhi, 2012.