INDE 303 Operations Research II – Spring 2024

Instructor: Bacel Maddah

Syllabus

Class Notes

Set 0   The OR modeling approach
               Modeling example: Markov fun

Set 1  Probability and random variable (1)
             Probability and random variable (2)
             Probability and random variable (3)
             Probability and random variable (4)

Set 2 Discrete-Time Markov Chains (1)
             Discrete-Time Markov Chains (2)
             Discrete-Time Markov Chains (3)
             Who is Markov anyway?

Set 3 Continuous-Time Markov Chains (1)
            Continuous-Time Markov Chains (2)

Set 4 Queueing Theory (1)
             Queueing Theory (2)
             Queueing Theory (3)
             JPQ Queueing Software

Project

CarBestBuy Inventory Management Case Study

Homework Assignments

HW 1.  1.1, 1.3, 1.4 (a,b,c), 1.8, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.21 (Ross, pp. 15-17).  Due Tuesday, February 20, 2024. 

HW 2.  2.9, 2.10,  2.12, 2.25, 2.30, 2.33, 2.37, 2.58(a), 2.65(a,b), 2.72 (Ross, pp. 86-96), 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.9 (Ross, p. 357). Due Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

HW 3.  3.5, 3.21, 3.24 (Ross, pp. 174-178), and supplement problems.  Due with midterm exam.  

HW 4.  4.5, 4.7, 4.14, 4.18, 4.25, 4.30 (Ross, pp. 276-280).  Due Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

HW 5.  6.3, 6.5 (a, b, and, instead of c, if X(t) is a MC, specify its parameters), 6.9, 6.13, 6.15, and 6.18 (Ross, pp. 420-423). Due Friday April 19, 2024.

HW 6.  8.1, 8.3, 8.29, 8.35, 8.39, 8.45 (Ross, pp. 578-588), and supplement problems.  Due May 3, 2024.  Submission instructions.      

Videos & Links

Flaw of Averages

Trillion Dollar Bet

Taleb Delivers AUB’s Commencement Speech                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Myron Hlynka’s Queueing Theory Page