Overview
Topics include business modelling with spreadsheets and R programming language; the methodology of business modelling and analytics; linear programming; primal and dual models; integer programming; transportation; and assignment problems.
Offerings
S1-01-MALAYSIA-ON-CAMPUS
Requisites
Prerequisite
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Dr Akram Hasanov
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.
understand analytical and algorithmic optimisations applied to real-life business cases
2.
use algebraic formulations and spreadsheets side-by-side to help develop the conceptual skills
3.
formulate, solve and interpret business problems with linear programming using graphical methods, Excel Solver, and R program
4.
implement and analyse duality, sensitivity, transportation, assignment problems, and integer programming.