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Operational Research Society of India

One of the major one in   India is  Operational Research Society of India. I t  was  founded in 1957 to provide a forum for the Operational Research Scientists as  well as an avenue to widen their horizon by exchange  of knowledge and application of techniques from outside the country.  To further that end, the Society is affiliated to the International  Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). The  headquarters  of the Society is located in Kolkata at 39,  Mahanirvan Road , Kolkata 700029, India . At present the Society has  twelve operating chapters  located in  Agra , Ahmedabad ,  Ajmer ,  Bangalore ,  Chennai ,  Delhi ,  Durgapur ,  Jamshedpur ,  Kolkata ,  Madurai , Mumbai  and  Tirupati . The objectives of  the Society comprise advancement of, conducting of research in, study of,  promotion and propagation of knowledge in Operational R...

Lecture Notes on Operational Research topics

Hello Students In upcoming blog posts I will be blogging more on Operational Research topics. Major ones are: Linear Programming, Applications Areas of Linear Programming, General Mathematical Model of Linear Programming Model, Guidelines on Linear Programming Model Formulation, Examples of LP Model Formulation. Linear Programming- The Graphical Method: Introduction, Important Definitions, Graphical Solution Methods of LP Problem. Linear Programming- The Simplex Method: Introduction, Standard Form of an LP Problem, Simplex Algorithm (Maximization Case), Simplex Algorithm (Minimization Case). Duality in Linear Programming: Introduction, Formulation of Dual Linear Programming Problem, Standard Results on Duality, Managerial Significance of Duality, Advantages of Duality. Integer Linear Programming: Introduction, Types of Integer Programming Problems, Enumeration and Cutting Plane Solution Concept, Gomory’s All Integer Cutting Plane Method, Gomory’s Mixed- Integer Cuttin...