SIT316 - Optimisation and Constraint Programming
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | SIT192 and SIT215 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 3 hour seminar per week. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week. |
Content
This unit explores the commonly used computational skills for real-life optimization, planning, and decision making problems, such as routing, scheduling, machinery workflow, network design, logistics, staff rostering, resource allocation, and supply chain optimization with applications in industries including airline, mining, healthcare, science, education, wholesale and retail, as well as other government, and civic services.
Students will learn the concepts of optimisation and constraint satisfaction by studying a number of classic problems, concepts of modelling, practical considerations, algorithms and packages, decision support and expert systems.
Hurdle requirement
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio.
Unit Fee Information
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