•  Textbook: Introduction to Operations Research, F. Hillier & G. Lieberman, 
       10th edition
    •  Grade: 25% exercises + 25% mid-term exam + 50% final exam ( 李李 )
    •  Email: xli_whu@163.com
    •  Course website: http://xiaoxili.weebly.com/teaching 
    •  TA:   李李李 
    •  Office:  李李李  xxxx 
    •  Office hour: to be specified
     
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    •   Course materials: 
                Textbook + PPT/Board + Lecture notes + Case papers
    •   Course goals: 
         1. analyze the real-application problem and design for it a OR model;
          2. able to solve some small-scale OR problems by hand (algorithm);
          3. know how to use some software (ex. Excel) to solve some OR models.
    •   Evaluation details (HW and Exam, written in English):
        1. Sets of exercises to be distributed. You are required to solve them independently and 
        hand them in. Corrections will be given. 
        2. Sets of reading papers (case study) to be distributed. You are required to read them 
        selectively and hand in 2-3 reports (typed by computer).
        3. Mid-term exam: mainly focus on LP.
        4. Final exam.
         
         
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                  Course plan (preliminary) 
   1.  Introduction; 
   2.  Linear Programming: modeling and graphical solution;
   3.  LP: simplex method; 
   4.  LP: duality, sensitive analysis and other algorithms;
   5.  Transportation and assignment problems; 
   6.   Networking optimization model;
   7.   Dynamic programming; 
   8.   Integer programming; 
   9.   Nonlinear programming;
   10. Meta-heuristics.
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           Lecture 1: OR: an introduction 
                                       week one
        • Course Scope:
           1. OR:  concept, origin and development.
            2. The classification of OR models.
            3. The steps of an OR study: an overview.
            4.  OR applications: real-world cases. 
            
            
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                          Introduction
    • Operations Research is an Art and Science
    • OR has its early roots in World War II and is 
       flourishing in business and industry with the aid 
       of computer
    • Application areas of OR include military, 
       industry, business, public sector, healthcare…
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