5  OR Assignment

##OR Assignment - Examine a Case (Deadline: Jan 4, 23:59)

In this individual assignment you are asked to choose a real life case study solved with Operations Research and briefly describe it with your own words.

• 5.1 Problem: What courses to take from online platforms for Data science so we can finish the program requirements and pay just enough?

  A student has 8 semesters to complete an online program, Total time T.

  Takes 3 courses per semester = 24 courses.

  5.2 Solution: Decision Variables

  Ci is the total cost of course i.

  1) Min Total Cost of Courses = Sigma (i) (Ci).  (Objective function to minimize total spending)

  2) Does the set of constrains to satisfy the required curriculum objectives (course contents)

  Ai,j: Contents of course i, for content j

  bj: Required corse content of content j.

• Solution and Model:

Similar to the Model for the solution of the Diet problem (or Stigler Diet)