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SCMT 336:
Decision Support Systems
Topics
Excel
Essential worksheet operations
Formatting
Functions
Tables and pivot tables
Graphs
Data analysis
Visual Basic macros
Linear programming
Allocation, covering and blending models
Network models
Integer programming models with logical constraints
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Application Oriented
Transportation/distribution plan
Location and network plan
Financial plan
Problem Formulation
Formulation Example
Mathematical Model
Typical components
A set of decision variables
An objective function, expressed in terms of the decision
variables, that is to be minimized or maximized
A set of parameters (known quantities) concerning the
process being studied
A set of constraints that limit the possible values of the
decision variables
Abstractions
From inputs to outputs
Computability varies
Deterministic or probabilistic/stochastic
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Computer accounts
User name: First 2 letters of last name (lower case) + last 4 of UIN
Password: Mays + last 4 of UIN
Problems: bring your ID to Room 235
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12
Years
$14,500
Annual
Monthly
Finance Rate Finance Rate
Months
Financed
Monthly
Payment
Total
Payment
Finance
Charge
$229
2.9%
0.24%
12
$1,227
$14,729
3.9%
0.33%
24
$629
$15,096
$596
6.9%
0.58%
36
$447
$16,094
$1,594
7.9%
0.66%
48
$353
$16,959
$2,459
8.9%
0.74%
60
$300
$18,018
$3,518
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