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

Exam Board

DANIELA AMBROSINO (President)

ANNA FRANCA SCIOMACHEN

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Sem: I

19 sept. - 15 dec. 2016 

Class schedule

OPERATION RESEARCH FOR MANAGEMENT

EXAMS

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written examination and presentation of case studies
 

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

http://www.economia.unige.it/prg1516/ge/ricerca_operativa_management_9.pdf