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The document outlines the curriculum for a B.Sc. course in Operations Research, detailing course outcomes, topics covered, and suggested readings. Students will learn about the history of Operations Research, optimization techniques, and applications in real-life problems. The course includes continuous evaluation through quizzes and tests, with a total of 37 lectures planned.

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OR Syllabus

The document outlines the curriculum for a B.Sc. course in Operations Research, detailing course outcomes, topics covered, and suggested readings. Students will learn about the history of Operations Research, optimization techniques, and applications in real-life problems. The course includes continuous evaluation through quizzes and tests, with a total of 37 lectures planned.

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Programme/Class: B.Sc.

Year: Third Semester: Sixth

Subject: STATISTICS

Course Code: - B060602T Course Title: Operations Research


Course outcomes:
After completing this course a student will have:
 An idea about the historical background and need of Operations research.
 Ability to identify and develop operational research models from the verbal
description of the real life problems.
 Knowledge of the mathematical tools that are needed to solve optimization problems.
 Ability of solving Linear programming problem, Transportation and Assignment
problems, Job sequencing, etc.
 Ability to solve the problems based on Game Theory.

Credits: 04 Core: Compulsory

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Passing Marks: ………

Total No. of Lectures-Tutorials-Practical (in hours per week): 4-0-0.


No. of
Unit Topic
Lectures
History & background of OR, Applications and uses of OR
in different fields, General linear programming problems 06
I
and their formulations.
Solving LPP by Graphical Method Solving LPP by
Simplex method. 10
II
III Method Solving LPP by Big–M method and Two phase
Method. 08

Transportation problem: North-west corner rule, Least


IV cost method, Vogel’s approximation method. Optimum 10
solution: Modi method.
Assignment Problem: Hungarian Method, Travelling
V Salesman Problem, 06
Job sequencing: n jobs – 2 machines, n jobs – k
VI
machines, 2 jobs – n machines. 06
Game theory: Introduction, Competitive Situations,
VII Characteristics of Competitive Games. Rectangular game,
Two-Person Zero-Sum game, minimax-maximin 08
principle, Solution to rectangular game using graphical
method
Dominance rule to reduce the game matrix and solution
VIII of Payoff matrix with mixed strategy. 06

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Suggested Readings:
Swarup, K., Gupta P.K. and ManMohan (2007). Operations Research (13th ed.) , Sultan
Chand & Sons.
Taha, H.A. (2007). Operations Research: An Introduction (8th ed.), Prentice Hall of India.
Hadley, G: (2002) : Linear Programming, Narosa Publications
Hillier, F.A and Lieberman, G.J. (2010): Introduction to Operations Research- Concepts
and cases, 9th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill.
Prabhakar, P. (2013): Operations Research: Principles and Practice, Oxford University
Press.
Gupta, R. K. (2018): Operations Research, Krishna Publication.
Suggested Online Links/ Readings:
http://heecontent.upsdc.gov.in/SearchContent.aspx
https://swayam.gov.in/explorer?searchText=statistics
https://nptel.ac.in/course.html
https://www.edx.org/search?q=statistics
https://www.coursera.org/search?query=statistics&
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on allotted Assignment and Class Tests.
The marks shall be as follows:

Quiz/ Assignment (05 marks)


Class Test-I (10 marks)
Class Test-II (10 marks)

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