MgS 4120. Optimal Resource Allocation
Monday 7:15-9:45 406 Aderhold Spring 2008 Click here for Syllabus

Thomas Whalen

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		Read before class!	Whalen & Churchill Textbook p 1-38 NEW pages 38.1 to 38.5 p39-68 Problems
1	Jan 7	1-14	The Management Science process A Very Simple Resource Allocatio n Problem Dimensional Analysis & Sensitivity Analysis	Widgets/Gadgets Basic Widgets/Gadgets Graph Gray Box Diagram
2	Jan 14	9-10	"Allowable" Increases and Decreases Juicy Problems video on uLearn Overtime and expansion at Widgetrs&Gadgets	Juise Widgets/Gadgets Sensitivity
	Jan 21		Martin Luther King Holiday
3	Jan 28	15-31	Simple Resource Allocation: Beau Jarble Dimensional Analysis, Sensitivity Analysis Supplementary Variables	Beau Jarble Spreadsheet w/ Graph Jarble w/ Cost Accounting Jarble w/Supplementary Variables	Turn in Homework 1: Seasick memo
4	Feb 4	71 32-38.5	Resource allocation: multiple products Multiple Products with Supplementary Variables	Hardcase	In-class "lab:" Hammersham
5	Feb 11		Financial Allocation; Formulation Issues Proportionality Constraints	Neighborly Loans	Turn in Homework 2: Hammersham printout
6	Feb 18		Shift Coverage Assignment Problems: Intro to Matrices	Scheduling Waiters Yödelheim Ministry of Transport Assigning Salesmen Child Placement Spreadsheet	In-class "lab:" Widget Enterprises (problem 2)
7	Feb 25	39-45 46-60	Total Cost, 1 Blend, 2 Inputs, s.t. underlying qual. Cost/gallon, 1 Blend, 2 Inputs, s.t. underlying qual Contribution, 2 Blends, 3 Inputs, s.t. ingred. %	Eggs vs Oatmeal Bad Boyz Breakfast Bad Bozy:Proportionality Snako Oil	Turn in Homework 3: Widget Ent. printout

Spring Break

8	Mar 10		Contribution, 2 Blends, 3 Inputs, s.t. ingred. %, continued Blending labor	Snako Oil Home Theaters	Project 1 Due: click for cover sheet
9	Mar 17	61-63	Multi-Period Inventory Single & Multi-Period Finance	6-month Ecowagen EcoWagen Capital Budgeting	Turn in Homework 4: Snako memo
10	Mar 24	71	Production, Inventory, Finance all together!	FollyGlass Questions
11	Mar 31	64-68 73	Linear Transportation Models Trans-Shipment with limited capacity routes	Carnegie Data Georgia Crackers	In-class "lab:" Yups R Us (problem 8)
12	Apr 7		Trans-Shipment w/ limited capacity routes, cont'd Trans-Shipment w/ limited capacity warehouses	Toxic Waste Cleanup Notes	Project 2 Due: click for cover sheet
13	Apr 14		Goal Programming	Widgets and Gadgets Antique Airlines Advertising Media	Turn in Homework 5: Yups R Us
14	Apr 21		Portfolios by Quadratic Programming Ticket Price: Quadratic & Binary Programming Decisions with Vague Information	Portfolios Ticket price	Turn in Homework 6: Simplified Sna ko
15	Apr 28		Summary and Review Q&A on final and project	Widgets/Gadgets Sensitivity Snako Oil Toxic Waste Cleanup Widgets and Gadgets
Monday May 5			Project 3 Due: click for cover sheet Final Exam Due

Project and final must be turned in ON PAPER in the Managerial Sciences office on the 10th floor of 35 Broad Street by 5PM Monday May 5.
You may also fax the project to 1-626-605-2586 (Note this is not an Atlanta area number)
Email will not be accepted except for pdf.