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M540 Management Project In order to: 1) gain experience in formulating, modeling, optimizing and interpreting a managerial decision situation, and ) deal !it" a larger-t"an-textboo# t$pe problem, and %) collaborate !it" one ot"er indi&idual !it" common interests, t"e follo!ing assignment is pro&ided: In&estigate a decision situation t"at exists in your common work environment t"at $ou belie&e is suitable to some form of constrained optimization t"roug" eit"er 'inear (rogramming )'(), or Integer (rogramming )I'(), or *oal (rogramming )*()+ )initiall$ focus on '(+ it ma$ later be easil$ extended to I'( or *( as t"e model unfolds). If $our !or# en&ironment is not suitable, $ou ma$ consider $our education en&ironment, or $our personal en&ironment+ but t"is s"ould be discussed and cleared !it" me before $ou submit $our formal proposal. ,our model !ill e&entuall$ be sol&ed b$ t"e commercial soft!are #no!n as 'I-./, !"ic" !e "a&e access to for t"e (C platform. A) 0egin b$ dra!ing up a 1conceptual model1 of $our decision en&ironment using !ords 0) 2"en identif$ $our 1control &ariables1 and recognize just "o! t"e$ are measured. ,ou s"ould "a&e at least twenty suc" control &ariables. C) 3ormalize a mat"ematical model. 2"e model s"ould contain at least 30 non-trivial constraint equations (ie. each with > varia!le" in&ol&ing $our control &ariables. Abstract t"e decision situation sufficientl$ until $ou are able to collect4generate t"e required input data for t"e parameters. 2o t"e extent t"at t"e data is not readil$ a&ailable, $ou ma$ estimate it pro&ided $ou offer a rationale for t"e 1guesstimates1 used and test for t"e robustness of t"e &alues $ou selected. A formal and joint 1(roject (roposal1 !ill be submitted )see t"e s$llabus for due date). Its purpose is merel$ to be a c"ec# point on 1direction1. ,ou !ill !ant to identif$ $our control &ariables, noting just "o! t"e$ !ill be measured and t"e conceptual model for t"e proposal. A form is attac"ed for t"is purpose. ,our particular project needs to be properl$ positioned relati&e to t"e existing academic literature. ,ou !ill be able to get ideas on "o! to refine and polis" $our model from t"e literature )ie. build on !"at "as been done !it"out 5re-in&enting t"e !"eel6) 2o ma#e sure t"at t"is is done before $our model is built, a partial annotated bibliograp"$ !or#s"eet is to be completed and turned in. )7ee s$llabus for due date.). A form is attac"ed for t"is purpose. 2"e final project s"ould be a t"oroug" and professionall$ pac#aged management report including a description of t"e problem, $our model8s de&elopment, t"e formal results, and your managerial inter#retation. 2"e results s"ould include $our recommended solution4allocation, and t"e 5post-optimalit$ sensiti&it$ anal$sis !it" decision ma#ing implications, etc. 2"e organization of $our report s"ould follo! t"e topical outline of t"e e&aluation form )attac"ed) !"ic" !ill be used to score4critique $our project. 0ot" t"e content and t"e !ritten presentation itself !ill impact $our

grade+ see t"e attac"ed 57uggestions for t"e 2erm (roject 9eport6 s"eet for "ints on assembling a professional report. ,ou s"ould also turn in t"e project release form )attac"ed) filled out "o!e&er $ou !is" regarding t"e future status of t"e project. 2"e project due date is stated in t"e s$llabus. ,ou !ill "a&e an opportunit$ to pri&atel$ assess t"e relati&e contributions of $ourself and $our teammate on t"is project.

Suggestions for the Term Project & Report

1) 9ecognize t"e critical adjecti&e 5term6 describing 5project6. . :"en t"e topic is decided upon and appro&ed, */ 3/9 I2 !it"out procrastination and sta$ on top of it. (rojects "urriedl$ pasted toget"er in t"e last !ee# prior to t"e due date are easil$ recognized as suc". ) (erform $our initial literature re&ie! A7A(. 2"is ma$ ser&e as an a!areness exercise and t"us open ne! doors )i.e. ne! ideas) on "o! $ou can build a more representati&e and more useful model. 2r$ t"e A0I4I-3/9; a&ailable &ia t"e <elm#e librar$ !ebsite. %) 0egin t"e !ritten report !it" an outline based upon t"e critique form. Add la$ers of furt"er detail to t"e outline before $ou begin composing t"e actual narrati&e. )7ound li#e %rd grade =nglis" class>>) ?) :rite to an un#no!n t"ird part$ rat"er t"an to eit"er $ourself or me. 2"is !ill a&oid assuming too muc" of t"e reader. ,ou do not "a&e to explain '( from scratc", just be conscious of presuming too muc". @) :rite in t"e 5t"ird person6 rat"er t"an in 5first person6. )-e&er use 1st person unless !riting $our autobiograp"$A) B) Cse page numbers, standard one inc" margins, consistent citation form De.g. 57mit" )1EFE) concluded t"at....6G, a title page, a table of contents and a list of references at t"e bac#. H) ;a#e sure t"at t"e antecedents of all pronouns are &er$ clear, especiall$ 5it6. F) :rite in complete and co"erent sentences. Ieep $our sentences s"ort to moderate in lengt"+ ot"er!ise $ou slip into run-on sentences t"at confound t"e reader. ;a#e sure t"at $our communication directl$ relates to t"e specific topic at "and. E) Incorporate rele&ant support from readings, journal articles and ot"er sources. Cse t"ese to support t"e particulars of t"e design of $our model as !ell as $our conclusions !"en appropriate. 1J) (roofread, (roofread, (roofreadA Allo! $ourself time for careful proofreading, polis"ing and re-printing as needed. 9ecall t"at famous poem: I-/: ;/9= ;I77 72=AI7 I "a&e a spelling c"ec#er, It came !it" m$ (C. It plainl$ mar#s four m$ re&ue, ;iss stea#s e$e cannot sea. I8&e run t"is poem t"re! it,

I8m sure $our please t!o no. It8s letter perfect in its !eig"+ ;$ c"ec#er told me se!. 11) .on8t cr$ on $our report, tears smear t"e in#. ) M$% is /I, but no tears please)

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:it" a fe! notable exceptions, t"e frontiers of #no!ledge t$picall$ ad&ance in &er$ small steps. 7o t"at eac" ne! !or# )i.e. $oursA) can be understood in t"e context of t"e current state of #no!ledge in t"e field, a major 5c"apter6 of $our !ritten report is t"e 5'ca(emic )iterature +eview6. It is "ere t"at $ou 5position $our !or#6 relati&e to t"e existing literature )i.e. t"e steps t"at preceded it). ,ou need to s"o! just !"at $ou are dra!ing from so as not to 5rein&ent t"e !"eel6 and !"at is ne! about t"e !or# $ou are doing. ;oreo&er, just !"at particulars are $ou able to ta#e from recent !or#s and build upon> :"at impact did a specific !or# "a&e upon t"e model !"ic" $ou are presenting> /b&iousl$, a full citation is appropriate for suc" !or#s t"at "a&e impacted $our approac". It is also in t"is section t"at $ou can fores"ado! just !"at is ne! about $our approac" and or model+ i.e. "o! "a&e $ou 5differentiated $our product6 so as to ma#e some contribution )no matter "o! minor) to t"e field. 3ortunatel$, t"e conduct of t"e academic literature searc" is no! a eas$ tas# !it" t"e ad&ent of electronic searc" engines for academic journals. 2"e follo!ing attempts to la$ out t"e process of conducting suc" a searc". It presumes t"at $ou "a&e access to an Internet bro!ser suc" as -etscape. 1) select t"e I(3: "ome page at !!!.ipf!.edu ) select t"e lin# for 9=7=A9C< and t"en t"e lin# for <elm#e 'ibrar$ )-ote t"e icons under 3I-. for .ocument .eli&er$ 7er&ices and 9=K) %) select 50usiness6 or t"e 5A6 on t"e rig"t side under 53I-. 9=7/C9C=7 0,L6 ?) select 5A0I4Inform suite6 )or 50usiness 7ource (remier6) t"e follo!ing steps are generall$ common to bot" searc" engines:

@) use eit"er t"e 50asic6 or 5Ad&anced6 tab B) pro&ide #e$!ord)s), )e.g. linear #rogramming ',% #ort-olio) and !"ere t"e searc" engine is to loo#. H) c"ec# t"e box mar#ed 57c"olarl$ journals6, t"en clic# on box mar#ed 5*earch6 H) print abstracts or full text of articles found t"at are of greatest potential use to $ou E) read t"e article)s)+ incorporate good ideas+ gi&e proper citation

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/ften t"e section4c"apter of projects t"at is most in need of strengt"ening is t"e formal academic literature re&ie!. 2"e intent of t"is critical section is to position $our !or# relati&e to !or#s !"ic" "a&e proceeded it. i.e. Just what can we draw from the works of those that came before us> or 5Lets not re-invent the wheel hereA6 or What design ideas can this project use from prior works? /b&iousl$, t"is searc" s"ould be done !e-ore $ou design $our model, ot"er!ise $ou !ill spend time and energ$ re-in&enting t"e !"eelA /nce upon a time, t"e literature re&ie! !as a &er$ time consuming process of manuall$ !ading t"roug" t"e journals t"emsel&es, 2oda$, t"an#s to t"e electronic databases and accompan$ing searc" engines, t"is is a &er$ eas$ tas#A 3rom t"e <elm#e librar$8s !eb site, $ou can access 5.atabase M Indexes6 for 50usiness6 t"at offer $ou more t"an "alf a dozen electronic searc" engines. 2"ese operate similar to ,a"oo, '$cos etc except t"at t"e$ examine t"e electronic image of academic journal articles rat"er t"an t"e entire !eb for $our #e$!ord matc"es. I !ould suggest '90:0,;.+M, 9usiness *ource Premier, and Math*ci,et as great time sa&ers for $ouA NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ;oreo&er, $ou s"ould see# to build a strong lin# bet!een t"e design details of $our operational model and t"e specifics of se&eral recent academic journal articles. /ften t"e actual application area of a useful article "as no direct tie to $our application, but some aspect of t"e design of t"eir model !ill be in&aluable in a parallel construction for $ou. 3or example, suppose t"at $ou are building a model t"at deals !it" establis"ing an optimal media mix )i.e. 5portfolio6) for an ad&ertising campaign, a representati&e sample of a useful lin#age from a seemingl$ unrelated article mig"t appear in $our paper as:

<0n an agricultural a##lication= >ones an( *mith ( ??3" intro(uce( a s#ecial @switchA varia!le that woul( trigger a secon( a##lication o- a her!ici(e un(er certain weather con(itions. 0n a(a#ting their i(ea to this #a#er= a similar varia!le (B33" will !e use( to acknowle(ge use o- a s#eci-ic me(ia to reach the same target au(ience a secon( time un(er certain con(itions. /he actual triggering mechanism which >ones an( *mith intro(uce( will !e !uilt into constraint 2 4 o- this a(vertising mo(el via . . .C NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN /b&iousl$, t"e al#ha!etiDe( re-erence list (!i!liogra#hy" at the en( o- your #a#er s"ould pro&ide t"e complete citation for all articles t"at are mentioned in t"e paper itself. .o not include references in t"is list t"at are not cited in t"e bod$ of

t"e paper. 2"ere are se&eral acceptable formats for t"e citations+ one t"at is frequentl$ used is:

Oones, I.;., C.9. 7mit"+ 1EE%+ 5t"e article8s title is in quotes6+ the journals title is either italicized or underlined+ &ol P, issue P+ starting M ending page numbers. Dsee t"e facing page entitled 5;@?J 9eferences6 for examples using an acceptable formatG 2"e milestone referred to as t"e 5annotated bibliograp"$6 is merel$ t"e earliest &ersion of !"at !ill become $our final bibliograp"$ for t"e paper. 0ot" are to be included in t"e final submission.

M540 +e-erences 2"e follo!ing articles s"ould not be &ie!ed as assigned reading, but t"e$ ma$ "elp as $ou start $our academic literature searc" related to $our project. ,ou s"ould not 5load up6 $our annotated bibliograp"$ or $our reference list !it" t"e !or#s belo!, but rat"er use t"em as 5springboards6 to ot"er !or#s t"at you unco&er. $eneral )inear ProgrammingE
0ro!n, 9.O.+ 1EEF+ 5=&aluating 3uture Input Assumptions 9is#6+ The pp.1@1-1B . )2"is is an '( application in a real estate setting) ppraisal Journal, &ol.BB, no. +

0r$an, *. and .. ;c.ougall+ 1EEF+ 5/ptimize ,our 7uppl$ C"ain for 0est-(ossible /perations6+ Wood Technolog!+ &ol.1 @, no.H+ pp.%@-%E. )2"is is an '( application to t"e area of suppl$ c"ain lin#ages from &endors to producers to customers) Clar#, 9.'. and I.-. *ourdin+ 1EE1+ 5;easuring t"e =fficienc$ of t"e 'ogistics (rocess6+ Journal of "usiness Logistics+ &ol.1 , no. + pp.1H-%%. )0uilds t"e bridge bet!een '( and .ata =n&elopment Anal$sis in a logistics application) .ixion, 0.'. and 9.<. <ornba#er+ 1EE + 5=stimating t"e 2ec"nolog$ Coefficients in 'inear (rogramming ;odels6+ merican Journal #f gricultural $conomics+ &ol.H?, no.?+ pp.1J E-1J?%. )-ot an 5ag6 application, rat"er t"is is "ig"l$ met"odological and t"us &er$ tec"nical+ not for t"e !ea# at "eart) <artmann, O.C.;.+ 1EEF+ 5.istinguis" 0et!een 7c"eduling and (lanning ;odels6+ %!drocarbon &rocessing+ &ol.HH, no.H+ pp.E%-EH. )Cses a sequential series of '(s) 'e!is, 2.+ 1EEB+ 5(ersonal /perations 9esearc": (racticing /9 on /ursel&es6+ 'nterfaces+ &ol. B, no.@+ pp.%?-?1 ).iscusses t"e use of /9 in one8s personal life) /lins#$, A.+O. Quinn+ JJB+ 5Alternati&e /ptions for 0usiness .ecisions Csing -earl$ /ptimal (rogramming6+ Journal of merican cadem! of "usiness, Cambridge, &ol. F, no. + pp. BH-HJ. )re: case-based multinational firm) /gden, :.A. and (.A. Rander"eiden+ 1EEB+ 57preads"eet 7olutions for Integer (rogramming 3inancial .ecision ;odels6+ (inancial &ractice and $ducation+ &ol.B, no.1+ pp. 1-% . )&asy to -ollow financial model using a spreads"eet8s 5sol&er6) Quinn, O.2. and I.2. Ienned$+ 1EE%+ 5An Introduction to -earl$ /ptimal (rogramming, An =xtension of 7ensiti&it$ Anal$sis in 'inear (rogramming6+ $ducation+ &ol. 11?, no. + pp. JE- J. )&asy to -ollow land use model for 5nearl$6 best solution) :agner, <. and =. 9e"mus+ 1EB?+ Appl$ing 'inear (rogramming to ,our (a$ 7tructure6+ "usiness %orizons+ &ol.B, !inter issue+ pp.FE-EF. )(ioneering !or# on '( applied to salar$ structures !it"in an organization) $oal Programming:

0utton, 7.0., O.=. ;at"ieu and ..;. Sajac+ 1EEB+ 5*oal /rientation in /rganizational 9esearc": A Conceptual and =mpirical 3oundation6+#rganizational "ehavior and %uman )ecision &rocesses+ &ol.BH, no.1+ pp. B-?F. )*ood description of *() .espotis, ..I.+ 1EEB+ 53ractional ;ini;ax *oal (rogramming: A Cnified Approac" to (riorit$ =stimation and (reference Anal$sis in ;C.;6+ Journal of the #perational *esearch +ociet!, &ol.?H, no.F+ pp. EFE-EEE. )Interesting anal$sis of priorities) Ignizio, O.(.+ 1EFE+ 5/n t"e ;erits and .emerits of Integer *oal (rogramming6+ Journal of the #perational *esearch +ociet!+ &ol.?J, no.F+ pp. HF1-HF@. )o&er&ie! of *() I"ami, O.+ 1EEH+ 59estaurant 7ite 7election6+ -ommercial 'nvestment *eal $state Journal+ &ol.1B, no.%+ pp. J- %. )C"oosing an optimal location &ia *() 7c"niederjans, ;.+ 1EE@+ 52"e 'ife C$cle of *oal (rogramming 9esearc" as 9ecorded in Oournal Articles6+ #perations *esearch+ &ol. ?%, no. ?+ pp. @@1-@@H. ).iscusses multiple situations for *( application) 2a$man, O. and '. (ol+ 1EE@+ 59etail 7ite 7election and *eograp"ic Information 7$stems6+ Journal pplied "usiness *esearch+ &ol.11, no. + pp.?B-@@. )'ocation, 'ocation, 'ocationA)

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1994

2004

Clar#, A. 0ruce

Optimal Continuous Location of a Retail Facility, Facility Attractiven ess, and Market Structure: An Interactive Model Using Multiple Regression for Site Selection: A Marketing Exercise that Uses Secondary Data to Prioritize Areas for New

Journal of Retailing

Sensitivity analysis of both the best location and the market share captured

Marketing Education Review

Using regression s to determine the success of site selection

Constructio n Efforts

Anderso n, 7imon (. .e (alma, Andre

2007

Parking in the City

Papers in Regional Science

Pertains to multiple issues with parking pertaining to the site selection process

.a&id *abri

2011

Selecting Your Site: Keep These Parameter s in Mind

Franchisin g World

Summarize s the best practices pertaining to selecting the optimal site

@ 2a$man, Oeff

1995

Retail Site selection and geographic information systems

Journal of Applied Business Research

Using GIS for the purpose of site selections

pertains to new constructio ns This articles focus on parking issues will be helpful because we anticipate dealing with many constraints related to parking and traffic This is a more general article that focuses on parameters for site selections and will be a great starting point for many issues we encounter Will give us a model to utilize for planning our site selection and demand forecasts.

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