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Lecturer(s)
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Plevný Miroslav, Prof. Dr. Ing.
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Course content
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- Concepts of model and system. Elements and parts of a general transport system - transport network, flows. - Examples of building models of tasks on distribution systems. - Hierarchy of tasks in distribution systems - models, task decomposition, criteria used. - Location and allocation tasks on transport networks. - Distribution tasks in transport network, their categorization. - Servicing nodes and sections of the transport network (the role of the business traveller, the role of the Chinese postman). - The routing task (creation of round trips in the transport network). - Selected heuristic methods for solving the routing problem.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Task-based study method, Individual study, Students' self-study, Lecture, Practicum
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 15 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to have basic knowledge of quantitative modelling |
| to have an overview of basic tools for modelling managerial tasks in logistics |
| Skills |
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| to manage to work with MS Excel |
| to use basic statistical data processing procedures |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to identify and to define specific problems of the quantitative analysis |
| to identify relevant information, links and relationships needed to solve a given problem |
| to evaluate and interpret the obtained solutions that are initially specified in terms of practice-oriented problem |
| Skills |
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| to build a simple model of a given problem and choose the appropriate method for its solution |
| to solve the model using widely available software |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Self-study of literature |
| Practicum |
| Skills |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| Practicum |
| Task-based study method |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Competences |
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| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Anderson, David Ray. An introduction to management science : quantitative approaches to decision making. Mason : Thomson/South-Western, 2008. ISBN 978-0-324-39980-6.
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GROS, I. Kvantitativní metody v manažerském rozhodování. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2003. ISBN 80-247-0421-8.
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Jablonský, Josef. Operační výzkum : kvantitativní modely pro ekonomické rozhodování. Praha : Professional Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86946-44-3.
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Plevný, Miroslav; Žižka, Miroslav. Modelování a optimalizace v manažerském rozhodování. Vyd. 2. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7043-933-3.
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