italian version

Aims :

To introduce optimal decision making problems in management. To give the necessary mathematical background and its application to solving a selection of linear optimisation problems with special reference to computation

Topics :

- Formulation of linear programming problems in management
- Setting up the simplex method and linear algebra
- The simplex method in tabular form and pivot matrix method
- Two-phase simplex method and revised simplex method
- Duality theory and primal-dual relationships:dual variables and shadow prices
- Post-optimality analysis and sensitivity analysis
- Transportation problems and assignment problems : mathematical models
- Software LINDO (Linear Integer Discrete Optimization)


Textbooks :

- F. Pezzella, E. Faggioli, Ricerca Operativa: problemi di gestione della produzione, Pitagora, Bologna
- F. Pezzella, Elementi di Programmazione Lineare, Liguori, Napoli
- Fotocopie dei lucidi delle lezioni

Exam :

Written test and oral test

Tutorial Session :

Wednesday from the 10,30 to the 13,30 near the Department of Computer science, Managerial Engineering and of the Automation (DIIGA)