5 ECTS credits
125 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4014872FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under agreement for exchange of courses
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Computer Science
External partners
Université libre de Bruxelles
Educational team
Decaan WE (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
24 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

 

There are three parts in the course:

I Waiting queues

II Inventory control

III Elements of dynamic-systems theory; Introduction to System Dynamics

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Précis de recherche opérationnelle - Méthodes et exercices d'application, Méthodes et exercices d'application, Robert Faure, Bernard Lemaire, Christophe Picouleau, 6, Dunod, Paris, 9782100706129, 2014
Digital course material (Recommended) : VENSIM PLE, Ventana systems, website www.vensim.com
Digital course material (Recommended) : Ode- architect/companion, Consortium for Ode experiments (CODEE), John Wiley et Sons, New York, 1999
Handbook (Recommended) : Recherche opérationnelle pour ingénieurs, Jean-François Hêche, Thomas M. Liebling, Dominique de Werra, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne, 9782880744595, 2003
Additional info

ULB Course

Prior Knowledge: Probability calculus. Linear algebra. Some basic knowledge about ordinary differential equations (ODE)

Theoretical introduction lectures and Training sessions with exercises on each part

Total 12h theory + 12h exercises For each of the three described parts: 4h theory and 4h exercises. A laptop will be used to present the useful software, in particular the system- dynamics models developed with the freeware VENSIM PLE from http://www.vensim.com/download.html

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

Provide introductory knowledge to three important techniques of Operations Research for analysing stochastic processes and dynamic systems.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

 

Three questions on theory without any supporting material + Three exercises with all needed supporting material on the three parts of the course: Waiting queues, Inventory control, Dynamic systems

Each question goes with a 0 to 10 mark. The sum of the six marks/3 gives a total grade between 0 and 20

The personal work - if applicable - is given a grade between 0 and 20. It is given the same importance as the written exam for the final grade

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence (only offered in Dutch)
Master in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Multimedia (only offered in Dutch)
Master in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Software Languages and Software Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Master in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Data Management and Analytics (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Multimedia
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Software Languages and Software Engineering
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Data Management and Analytics