303148 (v.1) WASM Operations Research 232

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Area:	WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	303135 (v.1) WASM Mathematics 131 or any previous version     OR     305686 (v.2) WASM Technical Mathematics 131 AND     303142 (v.1) WASM Mathematics 132 or any previous version     OR     305688 (v.1) WASM Technical Mathematics 132
Review maxima and minima of several variables. Lagrange multipliers. Linear programming - graphical and computer solutions, duality, the transport problem, the classical production problem in economics, shadow prices, the simplex method. Network flows and combinatorics - maximal flow is the minimum cut. Dynamic programming. Critical path and analysis and PERT.