Journal: INFORMS Transactions on Education

Found 120 papers in total
Creating individualized data sets for student exercises using Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic
Creating individualized data sets for student exercises using Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic
2006,
In this paper we describe an approach that utilizes Excel macros to help OR/MS...
Integrating MS/OR Modeling into an Enterprise Resource Planning Course
Integrating MS/OR Modeling into an Enterprise Resource Planning Course
2006,
ERP is a subject with widespread applicability in industry, and one that presents...
Forecasting: Trying to reason from hurricane season
Forecasting: Trying to reason from hurricane season
2005,
Hurricane season presents an excellent illustration of a wide range of issues...
Scenario analysis in spreadsheets with Excel's Scenario tool
Scenario analysis in spreadsheets with Excel's Scenario tool
2005,
‘What-if’ or sensitivity analysis is one of the most important and...
Teaching data envelopment analysis using Applichem – new perspective on a popular operations case
Teaching data envelopment analysis using Applichem – new perspective on a popular operations case
2005,
This paper reports an innovative use of a popular operations management case to...
The relationship between attitudes and performance in business calculus
The relationship between attitudes and performance in business calculus
2005,
Undergraduate business curricula include coursework in both statistics and calculus,...
The gunport problem
The gunport problem
2005,
The ‘Gunport Problem’ was originated by Bill Sands and popularised by...
The Gazogle case
The Gazogle case
2005,
Experiential games have long been used to break up the tedium and boredom present in...
A Tokyo Elevator puzzle
A Tokyo Elevator puzzle
2005,
The following ‘Elevator puzzle’ is taken from ‘The Tokyo...
The building blocks of supply chain management
The building blocks of supply chain management
2005,
Supply chain management is one of the most complex business disciplines, comprising...
Getting out of a (strawberry) jam: An introduction to supply chain analysis
Getting out of a (strawberry) jam: An introduction to supply chain analysis
2005,
In order to illustrate how various areas of operations research interact in an actual...
The poker chip game: A multi-product, multi-customer, multi-echelon, stochastic supply chain network useful for teaching the impacts of pull versus push inventory policies on link and chain performance
The poker chip game: A multi-product, multi-customer, multi-echelon, stochastic supply chain network useful for teaching the impacts of pull versus push inventory policies on link and chain performance
2005,
Supply chain management is a topic that many practitioners and students generally find...
Simulating the spread of a virus in a computer network
Simulating the spread of a virus in a computer network
2005,
In this paper we propose a simulation problem that can be used as an exercise in a...
Business technology management: A case study
Business technology management: A case study
2005,
This paper describes how we integrated two courses and two disciplines into a single,...
Short MBA Practice Course
Short MBA Practice Course
2005,
This article describes the week-to-week dynamics of a five-week decision science...
Tri-puzzle: A three-cornered conundrum
Tri-puzzle: A three-cornered conundrum
2005,
Tri-puzzle is an interesting little puzzle in the spirit of packing problems...
Computer-aided learning and assessment for spreadsheet modelling of critical path analysis
Computer-aided learning and assessment for spreadsheet modelling of critical path analysis
2005,
In many universities, courses in quantitative methods for business are provided for...
PERT completion times revisited
PERT completion times revisited
2005,
Two sources of PERT completion time bias are well documented in the literature: near...
Fiveleapers a-leaping
Fiveleapers a-leaping
2003,
The problem of finding knight's tours on a chessboard is well documented in the...
Elements of end-user software engineering
Elements of end-user software engineering
2003,
Today many end-users implement software tools on their own due to their high, general...
Experiences using thematic assignments in an undergraduate management science course
Experiences using thematic assignments in an undergraduate management science course
2003,
This paper presents a theme-based approach for individual and group assignments in an...
Spreadsheet-based professional modelling
Spreadsheet-based professional modelling
2003,
This paper describes, with reference to several professional models developed by the...
How can OR/MS educators benefit from creating and using taxonomies?
How can OR/MS educators benefit from creating and using taxonomies?
2003,
After listing various approaches used over the years to teach OR/MS and quantitative...
OR/MS in a new MBA program
OR/MS in a new MBA program
2003,
The University of Iceland launched a two-year executive MBA program in September 2000....
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