Table of Contents
Study Materials
Readings
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Denardo, Eric V. The Science of Decision Making: A Problem-Based Approach Using Excel. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2001. ISBN: 9780471318279.| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction Fabritek Case | |
| 2 | National Cranberry Cooperative Case | |
| 3 | Probability | Denardo, Chapters 7 and 8 |
| 4 | Probability (cont.) | Denardo, Chapter 11 |
| 5 | Stochastic Processes and Queueing | Denardo, Chapters 13 and 14 |
| 6 | Networks of Queues | |
| 7 | Inventory | Denardo, Chapter 12, Sections 12.1 - 12.5 |
| 8 | Inventory (cont.) | Rest of Denardo, Chapter 12 |
| 9 | Statistics | |
| 10 | Regression | Some Additional Texts/References: Box, G. E. P., W. G. Hunter, and J. S. Hunter. Statistics for Experimenters. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1978. ISBN: 9780471093152. Ross, S. M. Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1987. ISBN: 9780471817529. Pankratz, A. Forecasting with Dynamic Regression Models. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1991. ISBN: 9780471615286. |
| 11 | Forecasting | |
| 12 | Optimization | |
| 13 | Optimization (cont.) | |
| 14 | Manufacturing System Overview Simulation and Tutorial | |
| Midterm Exam | ||
| 15 | Introduction to Simulation | |
| 16 | Monte-Carlo Simulation | |
| 17 | Discrete-Event Simulation | |
| 18 | Design and Analysis of Simulation Experiments | |
| 19 | Single-Part-Type, Multiple-Stage Systems | |
| 20 | Single-Part-Type, Multiple-Stage Systems (cont.) | |
| 21 | Single-Stage, Multiple-Type Systems | |
| 22 | Material Requirement Planning | |
| 23 | Toyota Production System | |
| 24 | Multi-Stage Control and Scheduling | |
| 25 | Multi-Stage Control and Scheduling (cont.) | |
| 26 | "The Goal" | |
| Final Exam |