units

ETC2480

Faculty of Business and Economics

Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 0 (NATIONAL PRIORITY), 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Business and Economics
OfferedClayton First semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Lee Gordon-Brown

Synopsis

Topics include business modelling with spreadsheets; the methodology of business modelling; linear programming; transportation and assignment problems; integer programming; network models and project scheduling problems.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. describing business models using concept diagrams and mathematical programming formulations
  2. formulating, solving and interpreting business problems with linear programming using graphical methods, Excel Solver, duality, sensitivity, and Simplex method
  3. formulating, solving and interpreting business problems with integer programming using branch and bound and Excel Solver
  4. analysing simple problems using transportation simplex, assignment method, project management networks, and network flow techniques.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (2 hours): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Lee Gordon-Brown

Contact hours

4 hours per week

Prerequisites

ETC1000

Prohibitions

BUS2020, ETF2480, ETW2480