2021 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
Basic Mathematics for Industrial Engineering and Economics
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
- Instructor(s)
- Tomomi Matsui
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (S011) / 7-8 Fri (S011)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- IEE.A201
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course aims to enable students to understand basic mathematical tools widely applicable to construct models in economic and management situations. The topics include propositional logic, mapping and correspondence, equivalence relation, maximum and minimum.
Knowledge and ability through this course will help students to deal with real problems in management sciences and economics.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
Understand fundamental properties of propositional logic,
Understand fundamental properties of mapping and correspondence,
Understand fundamental properties of equivalence relation,
Understand fundamental properties of maximum and minimum.
Keywords
propositional logic, mapping and correspondence, equivalence relation, maximum and minimum
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This class will be held in lecture form. If time allows, some exercise problems will be explained.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
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| Class 1 | Logical operators |
Details will be given in each lecture. |
| Class 2 | propositional logic |
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| Class 3 | propositional function |
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| Class 4 | inference |
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| Class 5 | sets and subsets |
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| Class 6 | set operations |
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| Class 7 | mapping and correspondence |
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| Class 8 | surjection and injection |
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| Class 9 | sequences |
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| Class 10 | family of sets |
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| Class 11 | equivalence relation |
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| Class 12 | equivalence class |
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| Class 13 | order relation |
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| Class 14 | maximum and minimum |
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| Class 15 | summary |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
M. Miyakawa, S. Mizuno, and Y. Yajima,``Mathematics for industrial engineering,'' Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd., 2004.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None required
Evaluation methods and criteria
To Be Determined (Regular face-to-face lessons: Midterm and final exams 70%, exercise problems 30%)
Related courses
- IEE.A202 ： Mathematics for Industrial Engineering and Economics
- IEE.A203 ： Mathematical Engineering
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in related courses is desirable.