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ISyE 2030: Modeling in Industrial Engineering

Hours and Location:

LECTURE: MWF 12-1:10 in IE Classroom Building room 205

RECITATION: 1st section: 1:20-2:50; 2nd section: 3:00-4:30 Other hours are for lab and project work, including possible site visits.

This course introduces students to problems in the IE domain through case studies and site visits. Coverage includes projects involving information collection, data acquisition, analysis, and presentation, as well as the motivation and use of analytical, algorithmic, conceptual, and computational models.

Computing II (CS 1302), Probability (ISyE 2027), Calc III (Math 2401).

Corequisite:

Statistics (ISyE 2028)

Hardware and Software Required:

PC or Mac (specs ) Excel, possibly all of microsoft office. wwweb access.

Textbooks

Plant and Service Tours in Operations Management, Roger W. Schmenner;

The Fifth Discipline: the art and practice of the learning organization, by Peter Senge, Doubleday. Hardback ISBN 0-385-26094-6.

Custom Textbook, Modeling in Industrial Engineering , Prentice-Hall, bundled with software

Instructor (Summer 2000):

Dr. Craig A. Tovey

Exposure to a broad context of IE problems and domains
Familiarity and facility with data collection techniques in a broad range of IE problems and environments
Ability to describe IE problems verbally and with descriptive models.
Ability to present multi-dimensional information effectively
Understanding of basic concepts of experiments, simulation, optimization, and dynamical systems.
Ability to recognize characteristic patterns and features in the cases and problems, and identify appropriate methodologies for analysis, modeling, and design.

Final 20%, Quizzes 15%, Projects 40%, Homework 25%

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