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2021 Spring Course Info
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Spring 2021 Course Information
System Optimization
Course Description
There are many solutions to a given problem, but selecting the solution with the lowest annual cost would be the most desirable one. Modeling, linear programming and search optimization techniques along with spreadsheets allow us to examine alternative solutions for a problem. This course will introduce the key ideas of modeling and optimization of systems, and methods of management decision-making using Solver™ and MS-Excel™.
Contacts
Instructor

Jianfeng Zhou
Office: 573-882-2731
zhoujianf@missouri.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

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Textbooks

An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making
David R. Anderson, etc.
Edition: 14th edition
ISBN: 978-1111823610
Publisher: Cengage Learning

Decision Modeling with Microsoft Excel
Jeffrey Moore and Larry Weatherford
Edition: 6th edition
ISBN: 978-0130177896
Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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