Semester	Spring Semester, 2021
Department	Sophomore Class A, Department of Management Information Systems Sophomore Class B, Department of Management Information Systems
Course Name	Management Science
Instructor	CHOU YEN-CHUN
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Required
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

We will have a total of 15 class meetings. Below is the tentative schedule.

Module	Topic	Schedule
Linear & Integer Programming (Prof. Samuel Chen)	Course Introduction	W1: 2/24
	Linear Programming (I)	W2: 3/03
	Linear Programming (II)	W3: 3/10
	Integer Programming	W4: 3/17
	The Simplex Method	W5: 3/24
	Exam I	W6: 3/31
Non-linear Programming & Simulation Modeling (Prof. Amber Chou & Prof. Howard Chuang)	Nonlinear Programming (I)	W7: 4/07
	Nonlinear Programming (II)	W8: 4/14
	Forecasting	W9: 4/21
	Multi-Period Planning	W10: 4/28
	Simulation (I)	W11: 5/05
	Simulation (II)	W12: 5/12
	Optimization & Simulation	W13: 5/19
Term Project (Prof. Amber Chou & Prof. Howard Chuang)	Project Preparation (NO Class Meeting)	W14: 5/26
	Project Demo	W15: 6/02
	Project Demo	W16: 6/09
	Review (NO Class Meeting)	W17: 6/16
	Exam II	W18: 6/23

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

TBD

Requirement/Grading

Homework: 25%

Exam: 50%

Term Project: 25%

Textbook & Reference

Lecture notes and assigned readings will be provided. So NO textbooks are required. Below lists our key references in developing this course.

Anderson et al. 2011 An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approaches to Decision

Making.

Bertsimas & Freund 2004 Data, Models, and Decisions: The Fundamentals of Management Science.

Hiller & Hiller 2018 Introduction to Management Science: A Modeling and Case Studies Approach

with Spreadsheets.

Radin 1998 Optimization in Operations Research.

Winston 2003 Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms.

Urls about Course

https://wm5.nccu.edu.tw/mooc/index.php

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