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Introduction toOperations Research

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CONTENT

•Meaning• Features• Scope

•Methodology• Role in Managerial Decision

• Techniques• Limitation

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MEANING

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•Application of scientific methods, techniques and tools to problem

•Involving the operation of a system

•To provide those in control of the system

•With optimum solution to the problem

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FEATURES

Decision-Making

Scientific Approach

Inter-disciplinary Team Approach

System Approach

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SCOPE

Finance Budgeting and investments

Purchasing Procurement and

Exploration

Production Management

Marketing Management

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SCOPE

Research and Development

National Planning and Budgeting

Defence Services

Agriculture and Irrigation

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METHODOLOGYProblem

Formulation

Constructing a Mathematical

Model

Deriving Solutions from

the Model

Testing the model

Establishing controls over the solution

Implementing the Solution

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Better

Control

Better Co-ordination

Better Decisions Bette

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msRole in

Managerial Decision Making

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TECHNIQUES OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Linear Programming Queuing Theory Inventory

Control Model

Network Analysis

Replacement Problem

Dynamic Problem

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TECHNIQUES OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Sequencing Assignment Problem

Transportation Problem

Decision Theory Game Theory Simulation

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LIMITATIONS

Magnitude of computation

Absence of Quantification

Distance between Managers and

Operation Research

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