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Boutilier, Justin J.; Chan, Timothy C. Y. – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) and operations research (OR) have long been intertwined because of their synergistic relationship. Given the increasing popularity of AI and machine learning in particular, we face growing demand for educational offerings in this area from our students. This paper describes two courses that introduce machine learning…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Operations Research, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education
Dalal, Jyotirmoy – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2022
We present an exercise for teaching the transportation problem using a mix of spatial and randomly generated data. It illustrates the potential of using qualitative and quantitative data and is suitable for undergraduate or introductory business school courses on operations research (OR), logistics, and supply chain management. It poses two…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Business Administration Education, Business Schools
Sharkey, Thomas C.; Bublak, Steve; Disselkamp, Lisa; Shkil, Brittney – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2020
This case study focuses on modeling and analyzing the practices concerning the staffing of the immigration agency at the Island of Tropical Paradise International Airport (ITPIA), which is responsible for processing arriving passengers into the country. Immigration at ITPIA has engaged you to understand the trade-offs between the number of…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Scheduling, Air Transportation, Immigrants
Wellington, John F.; Lewis, Stephen A. – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2021
The simple vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a common topic of discussion in introductory operations research/management science courses. The VRP can be framed in a variety of ways, and it can be difficult to solve to optimality. For solution purposes, introductory textbooks demonstrate how Excel's Evolutionary Solver (ES) add-in produces a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety, Introductory Courses
Wilson, Shellyanne – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2020
The Tangibles in Operations Strategy (TANGOS) exercise provides students with the direct experience of designing a firm's operations function. Specifically, students must engage in decision making with respect to the structural decision areas in a firm's operations strategy, by considering the firm's product strategy and span of control, process…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Design
Palocsay, Susan W.; Stevens, Scott P.; Novoa, Luis J. – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2020
Accrediting organizations in higher education have shifted emphasis from indirect measures such as student course evaluations, focus-group interviews, and employer surveys to direct measurement of student performance using appropriate assessment instruments. In response, we developed a spreadsheet tool for reports and analysis of test assessments…
Descriptors: Spreadsheets, Undergraduate Students, Student Evaluation, Tests
Sharkey, Thomas C.; Bublak, Steve; Disselkamp, Lisa; Shkil, Brittney – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2020
This case study focuses on modeling and analyzing the practices concerning the staffing of the immigration agency at the Island of Tropical Paradise International Airport, which is responsible for processing arriving passengers into the country. Students are challenged to model the status quo of immigration employee scheduling and analyze various…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Scheduling, Air Transportation, Immigrants