| Choosing college courses |
| | | | | | | | | | | 44. to graduate from Southeastern University with a major in operations research (OR), a student must |
| Requirements (along side) that are met by taking available courses (along top) (1 if it fills reqt, 0 if not) | | | | | | | | | | complete at least two math courses, at least two OR courses, and at least two computer courses. |
| | Calculus | OR | Data Structures | Bus Stats | Simulation | Intro to Comp Prog | Forecasting | | | Some courses can be used to fulfill more than one requirement: Calculus can fufill the math requirement: |
| OR | | | | | | | | | | Operations Research can fulfill the math and OR requirements: Data Structures can fufill the |
| Math | | | | | | | | | | computer and math requirements; Business Statistics can fufill the OR and computer requirements: |
| Computer | | | | | | | | | | Computer Simulation can fulfill the OR and computer requirements: Introduction to Computer Programming |
| | | | | | | | | | | can fulfill the computer requirement; and Forecasting can fulfill the OR and math requirements. |
| | Calculus | OR | Data Structures | Bus Stats | Simulation | Intro to Comp Prog | Forecasting | | | Some courses are prerequisites for others: Calculus is a rerequisite for Business Statistics; Introduction |
| Course taken | | | | | | | | | | to Computer Programming is a prerequisite for Computer Stumulations and for Data Structures; and |
| | | | | | | | | | | Business Statistics is a prerequisite for Forecasting. |
| Prerequisite constraints | | | | | | | | | | Determine how to minimize the number of courses needed to satisfy the major requirements. (Hint |
| | | | | | (Calculus for Bus Stats) | | | | | because Calculus is a prerequisite for Business Statistics, for example, you will need a constraint |
| | | | | | (Intro to Comp Prog for Simulation) | | | | | that ensures that the decision variable for Calculus is greater than or equal to the decision variable for |
| | | | | | (Intro to Comp Prog for Data Structures) | | | | | Business Statistics). |
| | | | | | (Bus Stats for Forecasting) |
| Major requirement constraints |
| | Courses taken | | Required |
| OR |
| Math |
| Computer |
| Total courses |