Computational Methods for Logistics

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• combine and enhance existing methods to achieve better performance;
• design and improve your own methods;
• critically evaluate business processes for areas of improvement.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply quantitative decision making methods
• structure and solve problems
• utilise written communication.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the appropriate optimisation method to solve a business problem;
• modelling and solving decision problems.
• the state-of-the-art optimisation methods;

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Feedback

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Individual help is given verbally during the lectures; one-on-one meetings with individual students outside the module; individual feedback is provided during the code and report (before submission).
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.