UNIT -I
Stages of Development of Operations Research, Applications of Operations Research, Limitations of Operations Research, Introduction to Linear Programming, Graphical Method, Simplex Method and Duality.
UNIT -II
Transportation Problem, Assignment Problem, Inventory Control - Introduction to Inventory Management, Basic Deterministic Models, Purchase Models, Manufacturing Models without Shortages and with Shortages, Inventory Model with discrete demand distribution.
UNIT-III
Shortest Path Problem, Minimum Spanning Tree Problem, CPM/PERT, Crashing of a Project Network.
UNIT-IV
Game Theory: Two Person Zero-sum Games, Graphical Solution of (2 x n) and (m x 2) Games, LP Approach to Game Theory - Goal programming - Formulations.
UNIT - V
Introduction to Queuing Theory, Basic Waiting Line Models: (M/M/1 ):(GD/a/a), (M/M/C):GD/a/a) - Introduction to queuing system simulation - Introduction to Basic Replacement Analysis: Economic Life of an Asset, Selection of - Best Replacement Alternative.
REFERENCES
1. Panneerselvam, R., OPERATIONS RESEARCH, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi, 2002.
2. Hamdy A. Taha, OPERATIONS RESEARCH - AN INTRODUCTION, Mac-millan Pub. Co. Inc.
3. Shenoy. G.V, U.K. Srivatsava & S.C. Sharma, OPERATIONS RESEARCH FOR MANAGEMENT (Wiley Eastern Ltd.).
4. Frank S. Budnick, Dennis McLeavy & Richard Mojena, PRINCIPLES OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
FOR MANAGEMENT; II Ed., (Richard D. Irwin Inc., 1988).
5. Rubin & Lewin, Quantitative Techniques for Managers, Prentice -.Hall ofIndia, New Delhi
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