Week Chapter Subjects and Assignments 



1 Ch1 (2) Introduction to Management Science 

2 Ch4 (3) Formulating Linear Programming Models/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

3 Ch4 (3) Formulating Linear Programming Models/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

4 Ch9 (2) Formulating Integer Programming Models/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

5 First Exam 

6 Ch4 (2) Solving Linear Programming Problems: the Simplex Method/3 hours for lecture and 2 hours for homework 

7 Ch4 (2,4) The Simplex Method/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

8 Ch4 (2,4) The Simplex Method/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

9 Ch9 (2) The Branch and Bound Method/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

10 Second Exam 

11 Genetic Algorithms/3 hours for lecture 

12 Ch8 (2,4) Transportation, Assignment, and Transshipment Problems/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

13 Ch8 (2,4) Transportation, Assignment, and Transshipment Problems/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

14 Ch9 (2,4) Network Models/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

15 Ch9 (2,4) Network Models/3 hours for lecture and 3 hours for homework 

16 Case Competition 

17 Final Exam 



Note: The notation used under the column of Chapter, a(b): ‘a’ stands for the chapter number and ‘b’ stands for the book number used in Section 'Text Books'.

1. Homework, Cases and Reports 25% 

2. Three Exams 75%

Text Books 

1. F.S. Hillier M.S. Hillier K. Schmeder and M. Stephens Introduction to Management Science Fourth Edition 

McGraw Hill 2011. 

2. W. L. Winston, Operations Research, Fourth Edition, Brooks/Cole, 2004. 

3. R. L. Rardin, Optimization in Operations Research, Prentice Hall, 1998. 

4. N. Wu and R. Coppins, Linear Programming and Extensions, McGraw Hill, 1981.