Advanced Operations Research

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This course focuses on the application of operations research techniques to decision making in business problems from a managerial perspective. A variety of advanced analytical methods is be covered, such as network optimization, nonlinear programming, goal programming, queueing analysis, and simulation. Applications in different business areas are be presented, such as production, planning, finance, scheduling, transportation, resource allocation, and distribution. Excel and Excel add-ins are used extensively to accomplish formulating and solving mathematical models and apply other quantitative techniques.