Undergraduate - UnitETW2480 - Business modelling methods

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Offered	Sunway First semester 2013 (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; network models and project scheduling problems.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

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

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Lee Gordon-Brown

Contact hours

4 hours per week

Prerequisites

ETW1000 or ETW2111

Prohibitions

BUS2020