TMMBA 511: Summer 2004
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Instructor: Mark Hillier
Office Hours: The hour before class on class days, and by appointment
Virtual Office Hours: Sunday evenings, 7:30-8:30
e-mail: mhillier@u.washington.edu
TA: Michael Berman
Office Hours/Review/Help Sessions: Tuesday evenings (check WebCT Calendar)
Virtual Office Hours: Thursday evenings, 7:30-8:30
e-mail: bermanm@u.washington.edu
WebCT Portal: http://vistahosting.webct.com
Course Description
This course introduces you to the concepts and methods of management science, which applies mathematical modeling and analysis to management problems. Our principal interest is to help you develop the skills necessary to build and evaluate models and to understand the reasoning behind model-based analysis. Another important goal is to foster a disciplined and critical approach to management situations. You will become more confident in understanding the role of models and their application in other courses and on the job. In particular
Hillier and Hillier, Introduction to Management Science, Second
Edition, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Course Packet includes copies of class transparencies.
Course Binder
I have prepared extensive course notes that I use as overheads during lecture. These course notes include examples that we will work together in class and other lecture material. The course notes are not intended as material that you use to prepare for class; my intent is for them to make it easier for you to listen, ask questions, and participate in class, rather than take lots of your own notes during the lectures.
Microsoft Excel (including Solver), Solver Table (available online), and Crystal Ball (available on the textbook CD).
The course grade will be based upon scores on the two problem sets and the exam, using the following weights:
Problem Sets 40% Exam 60%
There will be two problem sets to be prepared by each student. Working with others in your study group is encouraged, however it is expected that you will make every effort to complete each assignment relying primarily on your own understanding of the material. The study group should be used to resolve difficulties that you cannot manage on your own. Information sharing should be in the form of discussion and explanation, and should not include copying of computer files. Each student should turn in his/her own solution to each problem set electronically no later than the start of class on the day it is due. Please title the file as your lastname. If possible, include all spreadsheets in a single workbook on separate tabs. The problem sets will be graded and returned electronically with comments in red.
The exam will be open book, open notes, but must be completed without assistance from any other person. You will be given one week to complete the exam.
- Linear Programming
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Integer Programming
- Simulation