STA 314 Operations Research I

HND1 levelSciences14 topics

STA 314 covers 14 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

Nature of operations research
Model building and modelling principles
Linear programming definition and scope
Graphical solution of linear programming problems
Simplex method
Sensitivity analysis
Duality in linear programming
Dual simplex method
Transportation problems
Assignment problems
Network analysis
PERT and CPM
Critical path analysis
Project completion time and cost evaluation

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Nature of operations research

Operations Research (OR) is a systematic, quantitative discipline that aids decision‑making in complex systems. It blends mathematics, statistics, and computer science to model, analyze, and optimize real‑world problems. Mastering OR’s nature is essential for the exam because it underpins the formulation and interpretation of all subsequent OR techniques.

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Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
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