Base Knowledge
NA
Teaching Methodologies
In this curricular unit the following teaching methodologies are used:
1. Verbal Methodologies (telling), making use of teaching resources: Exhibition, Explanation, Dialogue and Interrogation;
2. Intuitive methodologies (show), using the following teaching resources: Demonstration, Audiovisuals and Written Texts;
Learning Results
The objectives of this curricular unit are: 1. Acquire competences for the joint application of several techniques in order to obtain results to support decision making. 2. Provide training suitable for future studies / specialised work in the area of Operational Research. 3. Develop the capacity for abstraction, intuition, critical thinking and interdisciplinary and integrated reasoning.
Program
0. Introduction Decision Making and Operations Research Problem Formulation and mathematical model building 1. Linear Programming Description of Linear Programming problems and basic concepts Formulation of Linear Programming problems Solving Linear Programming problems by graphical method Algebraic solution of Linear Programming problems – Simplex method 2. Introduction to Queueing Theory Introduction Structure and concepts of queueing systems Modelling queueing systems Characterization of arrival and service distributions: negative exponential distribution and Poisson distribution Birth and death processes Fundamental relations Classification of queues Models based on birth and death process 3. Project Management Introduction Building the project network Project planning methods
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
– Carter, M. W., Price C. C., & Rabadi, G. (2019) Operations research, a practical introduction. CRC Press.
– Jesus, F., & Lisboa, J. V. (2020) Introdução à investigação operacional, Vida Económica.
– Mourão, M. C., Pato, M. V., Pinto, L.S., Simões, & O.A., Valente, J. (2019) Investigação operacional, exercícios e aplicações. Escolar Editora.
– Santos, M. M., & Hill, M. M. (2015) Investigação operacional, vol. 1. – programação linear. Edições Sílabo.
– Santos, M. M., & Hill, M. M. (2018) Investigação operacional, vol. 2. – exercícios de programação linear. Edições Sílabo.