Elective I Systems Approach in Civil Engineering 2012 Course
Elective I Systems Approach in Civil Engineering 2012 Course
401004 ELECTIVE I
SYSTEMS APPROACH IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Teaching scheme:
Lecture: 3 Hrs/week
Examination Scheme:
TW: 50 Marks
(6 Hrs)
(6 Hrs)
(6 Hrs)
(6 Hrs)
(6 Hrs)
Formulation of Linear optimization models for Civil engineering applications. The simplex
method, Method of Big M, Two phase method, duality
(6 Hrs)
The Transportation Model and its variants, Assignment Model, and its variants
Term Work
1. One exercise/assignment on each unit. Out of these any one exercise/assignment to be
solved using Computer
2. One exercise on formulation of a problem applicable to any field of Civil Engineering,
requiring use of LP/ NLP/ DP. Formulation of objective function and constraints (No
solution)
Reference Books
1. Operations Research by Hamdy A. Taha
2. Engineering Optimization by S.S.Rao
3. Operations Research by Premkumar Gupta and D.S.Hira, S. Chand Publications (2014)
4. Quantitative Techniques in Management by N.D. Vohra ( Mc Graw Hill )
5. Topics in Management Science by Robert E. Markland( Wiley Publication)
6. An Approach to Teaching Civil Engineering System by Paul J. Ossenbruggen
7. A System Approach to Civil Engineering Planning & Design by Thomas K. Jewell
(Harper Row Publishers)
e - Resources
1. Mathematical Model for Optimization (MMO Software)
2. nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses/webcourse-contents/IISc-Bang/OPTIMISATION
METHODS/New-index1.html