A quantitative background similar to LOG501 Styringsmodeller i logistikk is required. Students without such background should consider LOG707 Fundamentals of Logistics instead.
6 hours of lectures and exercises per week.
Individually submitted assignments plus one case (85%). A final oral examination (15%).
After completing the course the student will
- become familiar with using software to solve linear models including the use of 0/1 variables
- get experience and training in developing and solving mathematical models, and to analyze the result.
The mathematical models will be related to logistics problems taken from production planning, distribution planning, routing, and combinations of these. The course also deals with logistic relations and the use of discrete variables in modeling. During this semester, the software programme, AMPL, will be used. The course is a combination of selected topics in logistics and an introduction to the use of software programmes.
Robert Fourer, David M. Gay, Brian W. Kernighan, A Modeling Language for Mathematical Programming, Thomson 2nd. Edition, 2003.
