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Quantitative Decision Support Methods

Quantitative Decision Support Methods

Code	15418
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	T(30H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Engenharia e Gestão Industrial
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Learning outcomes	Show the potential of decision support methods in the context of Control, Operations Research, Management and Artificial Intelligence, with particular emphasis on the formulation of decision problems in Engineering and particularly useful tools to optimize solutions.
Syllabus	1. Linear programming. 1.1 Graphic method. 1.2 Simplex Algorithm. 1.3 Sensitivity Analysis. 1.4 Particular cases of linear programming. 2. Optimization on networks and graphs. 2.1 Graph theory. 2.2 Algorithms for maximum flow problems. 2.3 Algorithm for the shortest path. 2.4 Minimum Tree links. 3. Planning and scheduling. 3.1 Material Requirements Planning (MRP). 3.2 JIT Concept. 3.3 Management of projects. 3.4 Graphcal representation of projects. 3.5 Project Management with unlimited and limited resources PERT / CPM). 3.6 Sequencing of tasks. 4. Queues. 4.1 Markov Chains. 4.2 Queues M/M/1, M/M/m. 4.3 Networks of queues. 4.4 Petri Nets. 5. Digital simulation. 5.1 Simulation methods. 5.2 Methodologies for analyzing and structuring models.
Main Bibliography	P.A. Jensen. Operations Research Models and Methods, 1st Ed. Wiley, 2002. F.S. Hillier, G.J. Lieberman. Introduction to Operations Research, 10th Ed. McGrawHill, 2014. P.R. Murthy. Operations Research. New Age Int. Publishers, 2008. D. Blumenfeld. Operations Research Calculations Handbook. CRC Press, 2009. W.J. Stevenson. Operations management, 11th Ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2012. J.F. Hair, B. Black, B. Babin, R.E. Anderson, R.L. Tatham; Multivariate Data Analysis (6th Edition), Prentice Hall, 2005. E.K. Burke, G. Kendall. Search Methodologies - Introductory Tutorials in Optimization and Decision Support Techniques. Springer, 2014. C.R. Reeves, Modern heuristic techniques for combinatorial problems, John Wiley & Sons, 1993. S.G. Makridakis, S.C. Wheelwright, R.J. Hyndman. Forecasting: Methods and Applications, 3rd Ed., Wiley, 1998.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.