303148 (v.1) WASM Operations Research 232

Area:	WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	3.0
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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 or any previous version OR 10926 (v.5) Mathematics 103 or any previous version AND 303142 (v.1) WASM Mathematics 132 or any previous version OR 305688 (v.1) WASM Technical Mathematics 132 or any previous version OR 7492 (v.5) Mathematics 104 or any previous version
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 flows and combinatorics: maximal flow is the minimum cut. Dynamic programming. Critical path analysis and PERT. Simulation modelling. Problem solving using spreadsheets.
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Field of Education:	020300 Information Systems (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2008	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