MAST 223
Introduction to Stochastic Methods of Operations Research
Winter 2024
Topics
- Probability, random variables and Z-transforms
- Deterministic inventory and economic order-quantity models
- Probabilistic inventory and newsvendor models
- Periodic review and uncertain demand
- Markov chains, transition probabilities and state classification
- Steady states, first-passage times and absorbing chains
- Queueing, arrival and service processes
- Birth–death processes and queueing networks
- Discrete-event and Monte Carlo simulation
Readings
- Listed textbook (requirement not stated): W. L. Winston. Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms, 4th edition.
Winter 2023 · MAST 223
Readings
- Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms, 4th Edition, by W. L. Winston.
Winter 2022 · MAST 223
Readings
- Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms, 4th Edition, by W. L. Winston.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus or course outline ↗Winter 2024
- Historical course outline ↗Winter 2023
- Historical course outline ↗Winter 2022
- Winter 2024 outline.
- Historical source. Generic Textbook/References headings remain requirement-unspecified. Bibliographic editions and years are retained as printed; source inconsistencies may remain. Automated extraction with conservative filtering; distinct bibliography strings screened for false positives; entire syllabus not manually reviewed.
- Historical source. Generic Textbook/References headings remain requirement-unspecified. Bibliographic editions and years are retained as printed; source inconsistencies may remain. Automated extraction with conservative filtering; distinct bibliography strings screened for false positives; entire syllabus not manually reviewed.