BUSA 3120 Spring 2000 Assignments


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April 20, 2000
Work 15-13 and generate 20 observations from a normal distribution with mean of 75 and standard deviation of 4.
Test next week

April 13, 2000
Handout homework sheet to be collected
Work 14-17
Read Chapter 15

April 6, 2000
Test next week
Work 14.11, 14.12, 14.15, and 14.17

March 23, 2000
Read the rest of Chapter 13 and Chapter 14
Work 13.12, 13.13, 13.16, 13.17, 13.18, and determine the 1st activity to crash for 13.24
Problems 13.16 - 13.18 will be collected
Next test on April 13

March 16, 2000
Work 10-19 and 10-23
Be sure you have read 13.1-13.2

March 9, 2000
Test next week
Read 10.5, 10.7-10.9, 13.1-13.2
Work 10-11 (to be collected), 10-14, 10-15, 10-16

March 2, 2000
Work 9-17, 9-20, 9-21, 9-22, 9-23, 9-31, and 9-33
Read Sections 10.1 - 10.5

February 24, 2000
Solve the pizza problem using the simplex method
Work problem 9-19 using the following objective function:  max -4x1 - 5x2
Read Sections 9.10 and 9.11
Finish formulating the word problems on the handout
Next test:  March 16

February 17, 2000
Work 8-1, 8-3, 9-29a, 9-15, and with 9-18 do the following:  a) solve graphically and b) set up the initial simplex tableau
Read Sections 9.4 - 9.7, 9.10

February 10, 2000
Read Chapter 8 and 9.1 - 9.3
Work 7-27 (part d should read, "which formulation has a single optimal solution?")

February 3, 2000
Test next week
Work the take home question for the test (individually)
Work 7-8, 7-14, 7-15
Solve the following system of equations using the matrix approach (a.k.a. row reduction)

2x1 +  x2 -    x3 = 1
  x1 - 2x2 +   x3 = 4
           x2 + 2x3 = 9

January 27, 2000
Work:  6-17, 6-18, 6-19, 6-31, 6-35, 6-42, and 6-45
Read Chapter 7
Review tutorial on solving simultaneous equations

January 20, 2000
Work 3-19, 4-12, 4-14, and 4-15 and to be collected
Read Sections 2.6, Chapter 4, and Chapter 6
Work (in addition to the problems to be collected):  2-18, 3-25, 3-26, 4-13, 4-35, 4-36, 4-37, 4-38, 4-33 (Note 4-33 is easier to work after problems 35-38!)

January 13, 2000
Read the Introduction section to each chapter that we are scheduled to cover
Read (for understanding) Chapter 1, Chapter 2--Sections 9-10, and Chapter 3
Skim (read for concept) Chapter 4
Work 2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 2-33, 2-36, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-15 and add part d) For what coefficients of realism would each possible decision be optimal?, 3-16

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