OPERATION RESEARCH FOR MANAGEMENT
OVERVIEW
Course description
Analysis of some problems in the supply chain management: production, transportation and distribution problems; network design problems.
Methods: Linear, Integer and binary programming, multi-objective optimization, graph theory, what if analysis, heuristics. Some software will be used for solving the analysed problems (i.e.LINDO, MPL, Excel)
AIMS AND CONTENT
Teaching methods
Written examination and presentation of case studies
SYLLABUS/CONTENT
"The course aims at providing the main statistical tools for marketing research. The main topics
are primary data collection (survey methodologies, questionnaire), sampling, correlation and
regression, factor analysis and principal component analysis, segmentation techniques,
multidimensional scaling and conjoint analysis.
Part of the course will be dedicated to the use of statistical software"
RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY
G. Ghiani, G. Laporte, R. Musmanno, Introduction to Logistics Systems Management, Wiley, 2013, 2nd Edition
Hillier, Lieberman, Introduction to Operations Research, McGraw-Hill 2009.
Slides and papers on AULAWEB
TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD
Ricevimento: http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/il-dipartimento/personale/docenti-ad-economia/58-daniela-ambrosino
Exam Board
DANIELA AMBROSINO (President)
ANNA FRANCA SCIOMACHEN
LESSONS
Teaching methods
Written examination and presentation of case studies
LESSONS START
Sem: I
19 sept. - 15 dec. 2016
EXAMS
Assessment methods
Written examination and presentation of case studies
FURTHER INFORMATION
http://www.economia.unige.it/prg1516/ge/ricerca_operativa_management_9.pdf