303148 (v.1) WASM Operations Research 232

Area:

WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

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

Syllabus:

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 and the simplex method. Network flowsand combinatorics - maximal flow is the minimum cut. Dynamic programming. Critical path analysis and PERT. Simulation modelling. Problem solving using spreadsheets.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

020300 Information Systems (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External