LEARNING OUTCOMES
After the course the student
*Knows the most important systems of the production planning and optimization used in the process industries, their structure and operation principles;
*Knows the most important operation research areas and their typical problems;
*Is able to use linear programming: Simplex methods and its variants;
*Knows the methods for transportation, inventory and supply chain optimization;
*Knows dynamic programming, integer programming and nonlinear programming methods and their use;
*Knows most common scheduling methods and their use.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 14.09.2021 - 25.10.2021
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Teemu Ikonen, Iiro Harjunkoski
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
Email: iiro.harjunkoski@aalto.fi
Possible to arrange individual Teams meetings per request.
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
The aim of the course is to give knowledge about methods used in production planning and optimization of industrial processes. Applications of production control are also discussed.
Assignments:
Supply chain optimization (LP)
Production scheduling (MILP)applies in this implementation
Lectures
- Introduction to the course, examples of optimization
- Linear programming
- Simplex method
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Dynamic programming
- Integer Programming
- Scheduling
- Resource Task Networks (RTN)
- Heuristics/Metaheuristics
- Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP), Generalized Disjunctive Programming (GDP)
- Open source modeling environments: JuMP, Pyomo
- RECAP
- Introduction to the course, examples of optimization
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures
Exercises
Assignments
Independent study and exam
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures
Exercises
Home assignments and independent study
Exam
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
To be announced later.
applies in this implementation
The supporting book "INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS RESEARCH" by FREDERICK S. HILLIER and GERALD J. LIEBERMAN is recommended as additional reading.
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
6 Clean Water and Sanitation
7 Affordable and Clean Energy
8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
13 Climate Action
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Autumn I
2021-2022 Autumn I
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=CHEM-E7151
Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.
Sisu
applies in this implementation
In this course we will use the leading industrial modeling system GAMS for most of the exercises. It is important to get some hands-on experience.
In addition to the lecture material, there are lots of tutorials available at their webpage.
The link to online lectures is: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69814926423