Quantitative Techniques for Business Decisions

Paper Code: 
CBBA 501
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Operations Research & Linear Programming

Operations Research: An Introduction, Characteristics, Nature, Scope and Role of Operations Research and Quantitative Techniques, Scientific approach in decision-making, Techniques of OR, Limitations of these Techniques.
Linear Programming: Formulation of L.P. Problems, Graphical Solution and Simplex Method, Big-M method and Two-phase method; Duality

12.00
Unit II: 
Elementary Transportation & Assignment

Elementary Transportation: Formulation of Transport Problem, Solution by N.W. Corner Rule, Least Cost method, Vogel’s Approximation Method (VAM), Modified Distribution Method. (Special cases: Multiple Solutions, Maximization case, Unbalanced case, prohibited routes)
Elementary Assignment: Hungarian Method, (Special cases: Multiple Solutions, Maximization case, Unbalanced case, Restrictions on assignment.)

12.00
Unit III: 
Network Analysis

Construction of the Network diagram, Critical Path- float and slack analysis (Total float, free float, independent float), PERT, Project Time, Crashing

12.00
Unit IV: 
Decision Theory

Pay off Table, Opportunity Loss Table, Expected Monetary Value, Expected opportunity Loss, Expected Value of Perfect Information and Expected profit for Perfect Information, Decision Tree

12.00
Unit V: 
Introduction to Game Theory

Pay off Matrix- Two person Zero-Sum game, Pure strategy, Saddle point; Dominance Rule, Mixed strategy, Reduction of m x n game and solution of 2x2, 2 x s, and r x 2 cases by Graphical and Algebraic methods

Essential Readings: 

1. Mathur, Khandelwal, Gupta, Gupta, Operational Research, Ajmera Book Company, Jaipur
2. Agarwal, N.P., and Agarwal, Sonia, Quantitative Techniques For Management, Ramesh Book Depot, Jaipur
3. Agarwal, N.P.,Operation Research, Ramesh Book Depot, Jaipur
4. Vohra, N. D., Quantitative Techniques In Management, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi
5. Taha, Hamady A ,Operational Research An Introduction, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi

References: 

1. Kapoor, V. K., Operational Research, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi
2. Nag, N. K., Quantitative Methods, Kalyani Publishers, Jaipur
3. Srivastava, U. K., Shenoy, G.R., and Sharma, S. C., Quantitatives techniques for Managerial Decisions, New Age International

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