2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
OR and Modeling
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
- Instructor(s)
- Kazuhide Nakata / Tomomi Matsui / Yoshiro Ikura
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-4 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- IEE.A331
- Number of credits
- 110
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course studies modeling of real problems in operations research. Students exercise on real problems by using modeling language. In the final group work, they need to find a real problem, which can be solved by applying operations research, and they give a oral presentation of the results.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will:
1. Have acquired fundamental skills of modeling
2. Be able to write simple programs for modeling language.
3. Have gained experience in project management involving planning, scheduling, and control
4. Have developed communication and presentation skills
Keywords
Operations Research, Modeling
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students get to work on the project in groups of three to five. At the end of the course, students give a presentation on their achievements.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Modeling 1 | Undecided |
| Class 2 | Modeling 2 | Undecided |
| Class 3 | Modeling technique | Undecided |
| Class 4 | Free subject analysis consultation | Undecided |
| Class 5 | Presentation of free subject analysis | Undecided |
| Class 6 | OR practice | Undecided |
| Class 7 | Presentation of practical exercises in OR | Undecided |
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)
None required
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials can be found on T2SCHOLA
Evaluation methods and criteria
The levels of attainment of student learning outcomes 1–2 (reports): 40%
The level of attainment of student learning outcomes 3-4 (presentation skills, presentation materials, and performance inthe question and answer session): 60%
Related courses
- IEE.A206 ： Operations Research
- IEE.A330 ： Advanced Operations Research
Prerequisites
"IEE.A206 ： Operations Research" and "IEE.A330 ： Advanced Operations Research" are desirable.