Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Operational Research in Traffic and Transportation Course code: 218019 | 8 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 1
Semester: 1
Requirements:
Goal: Acquiring appropriate theoretical and practical knowledge in operations research. Application of operational research methods, and techniques in traffic and transportation planning, and organization.
Outcome: Students will be able to apply methods and techniques of operational research for solving traffic and transportation problems.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. Introduction to operational research
  2. Linear programming
  3. Integer Programming
  4. Multiple-criteria decision-making
  5. Fuzzy logic systems
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1. 1. Linear programming model formulations, and settings.
2. The Graphical Simplex Method.
3. The Simplex Method in Tabular Form.
4. Transportation problem - Methods of finding the initial solution for a transportation problem. 
5. Transportation problem - Methods for finding the optimal solution for the transportation problem.
6. Degeneration of transport problem (Graphical, and mathematical approach in problem-solving). 
7. Integer Programming: The Branch and Bound Method. 
8. Assignment problem in operation research. 
9. Multiple-criteria decision-making (Model for determining the weight coefficients, and Models for evaluating alternatives). 
10. Fuzzy logic and fuzzy systems.

Textbooks and References
  1. Pamučar, D., „Operaciona istraživanja – Determinističke metode i modeli“, RABEK, Beograd, 2017
  2. Borović, S., Milićević, M., „Zbirka zadataka iz operacionih istraživanja“, VIZ, Beograd, 2001
  3. Teodorović, D., „Fuzzy skupovi i primene u saobraćaju“, Saobraćajni fakultet, Beograd, 1994
  4. Nikolić, I., Borović, S., „Višekriterijumska optimizacija“, CVŠ VJ, Beograd, 1996.
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 3
Practical classes: 3
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
0
activities on practial excersises
0
seminary work
0
colloquium
0
Final exam
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Written exam
0
Oral exam
0