MgS 8140 Management Science

Monday 4:30-7:00 406 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 Allocation 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
Juice   
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

Preliminary Project Presentations: NO NUMBERS
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 with Proportionality Constraints
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


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


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
Final Project Presentations



Monday
May 5

Final Exam Due,    Project  Due      click for cover sheet    Cover sheeet is NOT required.
Please ignore the undergraduate cover sheet I posted by mistake!



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.

However, in addition to printing out your project spreadsheets. please also email them to