• Description

• The subject within the syllabus as a whole

• Professional fields to which it applies

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• Prior knowledge

• Ability to read scientific texts in English.
• Basic knowledge of mathematics (bachelor or engineering's degree level).
• Analytical capacity.
• Interest in optimization applications in different areas (transport, logistics, finance, communication networks, etc.)

• Information prior to enrolment

• Learning objectives and results

• Develop skills for modeling optimization problems.
• Improve analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Acquire practical knowledge about the main optimization techniques.
• Apply OR in areas such as logistics, transportation, finance, communications networks, etc.
• Improve the ability to understand scientific texts in English.
• Increase the capacity for synthesis and logical-mathematical reasoning.

• Content

1. Applications of Operations Research
2. Intro to Optimization Modeling and Software
3. Linear Programming Modeling
4. Sensitivity Analysis and Duality
5. Integer Programming Modeling
6. Network Modeling and Optimization
7. Nonlinear Optimization
8. Multi-Objective Optimization
9. Heuristics I
10. Heuristics II
11. Monte Carlo Simulation
12. Discrete Event Simulation
13. Overview of x-Heuristics
    

• Additional information on support tools and learning resources

• Excel Solver and Open Solver for Excel (advanced version): https://opensolver.org
• Lindo / Lingo (https://www.lindo.com) or an equivalent software.

• Guidelines on assessment at the UOC

The assessment process is based on students' own work and the assumption that this work is original and has been carried out by them.

In assessment activities, the following irregular behaviours, among others, may have serious academic and disciplinary consequences: someone else being involved in carrying out the student's assessment test or activity, or the work being not entirely original; copying another's work or committing plagiarism; attempting to cheat to obtain better academic results; collaborating in, covering up or encouraging copying; or using unauthorized material, software or devices during assessment.

If students are caught engaging in any of these irregular behaviours, they may receive a fail mark (D/0) for the assessable activities set out in the course plan (including the final tests) or in the final mark for the course. This could be because they have used unauthorized materials, software or devices (e.g. social networking sites or internet search engines) during the tests, because they have copied text fragments from an external source (internet, notes, books, articles, other student's projects or activities, etc.) without correctly citing the source, or because they have engaged in any other irregular conduct.

In accordance with the UOC's academic regulations , irregular conduct during assessment, besides leading to a failing mark for the course, may be grounds for disciplinary proceedings and, where appropriate, the corresponding punishment, as established in the UOC's coexistence regulations.

In its assessment process, the UOC reserves the right to:

• Ask the student to provide proof of their identity, as established in the university's academic regulations.
• Request that students provide evidence of the authorship of their work, throughout the assessment process, both in continuous and final assessment, by means of an oral test or by whatever other synchronous or asynchronous means the UOC specifies. These means will check students' knowledge and competencies to verify authorship of their work, and under no circumstances will they constitute a second assessment. If it is not possible to guarantee the student's authorship, they will receive a D grade in the case of continuous assessment or a Fail in the case of final assessment.

  For this purpose, the UOC may require that students use a microphone, webcam or other devices during the assessment process, in which case it will be the student's responsibility to check that such devices are working correctly.

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