Readings

Denardo, Eric V. The Science of Decision Making: A Problem-Based Approach Using Excel. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2001. ISBN: 9780471318279.

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction Fabritek Case
2	National Cranberry Cooperative Case
3	Probability	Denardo, Chapters 7 and 8
4	Probability (cont.)	Denardo, Chapter 11
5	Stochastic Processes and Queueing	Denardo, Chapters 13 and 14
6	Networks of Queues
7	Inventory	Denardo, Chapter 12, Sections 12.1 - 12.5
8	Inventory (cont.)	Rest of Denardo, Chapter 12
9	Statistics
10	Regression	Some Additional Texts/References: Box, G. E. P., W. G. Hunter, and J. S. Hunter. Statistics for Experimenters. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1978. ISBN: 9780471093152. Ross, S. M. Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1987. ISBN: 9780471817529. Pankratz, A. Forecasting with Dynamic Regression Models. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1991. ISBN: 9780471615286.
11	Forecasting
12	Optimization
13	Optimization (cont.)
14	Manufacturing System Overview Simulation and Tutorial
	Midterm Exam
15	Introduction to Simulation
16	Monte-Carlo Simulation
17	Discrete-Event Simulation
18	Design and Analysis of Simulation Experiments
19	Single-Part-Type, Multiple-Stage Systems
20	Single-Part-Type, Multiple-Stage Systems (cont.)
21	Single-Stage, Multiple-Type Systems
22	Material Requirement Planning
23	Toyota Production System
24	Multi-Stage Control and Scheduling
25	Multi-Stage Control and Scheduling (cont.)
26	"The Goal"
	Final Exam