NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Advising Student-Driven Analytics Projects: A Summary of Experiences and Lessons Learned
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Babier, Aaron; Fernandes, Craig; Zhu, Ian Yihang – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2023
In this paper, we describe a course project in which teams of undergraduate students propose and execute an end-to-end analytics project to solve a real-world problem. The project challenges students to implement machine learning, optimization, simulation, or a combination of these three techniques on real-world data that they collect. A…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Projects, Data Analysis, Problem Solving
An Operations Research-Based Teaching Unit for Grade 11: The ROAR Experience, Part II
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gabriella Colajanni; Alessandro Gobbi; Marinella Picchi; Alice Raffaele; Eugenia Taranto – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2024
In this paper, we continue describing the project and the experimentation of "Ricerca Operativa Applicazioni Reali" (ROAR; in English, Real Applications of Operations Research), a three-year project for higher secondary schools, introduced. ROAR is composed of three teaching units, addressed to Grades 10, 11, and 12, respectively, having…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Operations Research, High School Students
An Operations Research-Based Teaching Unit for Grade 10: The ROAR Experience, Part I
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gabriella Colajanni; Alessandro Gobbi; Marinella Picchi; Alice Raffaele; Eugenia Taranto – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2023
We introduce "Ricerca Operativa Applicazioni Reali" (ROAR; in English, "Real Applications of Operations Research"), a three-year project for higher secondary schools. Its main aim is to improve students' interest, motivation, and skills related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics disciplines by integrating…
Descriptors: Operations Research, High School Students, Grade 10, Foreign Countries
An Exercise for Teaching Transportation Problem Using Spatial Data
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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
Getting beyond the First Result of Solving a Vehicle Routing Problem
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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