DSCI 351 - Introduction to Operations Research

Credits: 3

This course introduces the student to the discipline of Operations Research/Management Science (OR/MS) so that he/she may appreciate, understand, and utilize the principal techniques of OR/MS in his/her organizational as well as personal decision-making. The course stresses the use of the scientific methodology in decision- making and problem-solving. Specific topics include decision theory, linear programming, the transportation problem, the assignment problem, network models, and queuing theory. Excel and other computer software are used throughout the course.

Prerequisite(s): ECON 265, CIS 151, and MATH 215.

Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring

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