Course objectives and learning outcomes: At the end of the course, the students will

1.   have an understanding of the general principles of linear programming.

2.   acquire the skills to formulate and build linear programming models, understand how to solve linear programming problems and how to make sensitivity analysis.

3.   become familiar with the special types of linear programming problems such as transportation, transshipment, assignment and network problems.

4.   acquire the skills to formulate integer programming models.

5.   acquire the skills to formulate and solve problems that involve sequential interrelated decisions.