Part A
You are required to develop a write up on one of the given topics below (as
mutually agreed between your group and your course coordinator). Study and
observe some business processes in Oman from the perspective of the
application of the OR tools. Use the process of abstraction to state a problem and
present its solution.
The write-up should be structured around the following heads:
1. Title (please refer to the list of topics below)
2. Introduction
3. Details in context of OR Modeling and Solution
4. One problem, with complete solution
5. Simple practice questions (without solution)- three questions
6. Bibliography
List of Topics: (to be distributed randomly): Please check your group members
and topic assigned to you on the Groups and Topic Allocation sheet.
5. Introduction to Linear Programming
Formatting requirements:
Page setup: 1-inch margin on all the sides
Font: Times New Roman
Color: Automatic
Font size:
Title size: 16
Heading 1: 14
Heading 2: 12 + Bold
Normal text: 12
Table title: 10 Bold with numbered tables, placed above the table
Figure title: 10 Bold with numbered figures, placed under the figure
Instructions: Please present your answers neatly and clearly. Don’t copy materials directly from
the book. Write in a simplified way which others can understand. Use paraphrasing while
referring in general. Include the given cover page (given at the end) with the name of each group
member and SID. You will be required to submit it through SULMS/Turnitin Software. The
process will be demonstrated to you in one of the lectures. No late assignments will be accepted.
It is essential to discuss the assignments with your group members and the writings of the
assignment must be done in the form of MS Word document.
For this part of the assignment, written coverage should not exceed 10 A4 size doubly spaced typed
pages, using 1 inch margins on all the sides. Illustrations to be inserted as Appendices referred
appropriately in the main text. Any additional material can be included as support documents, but it will
not be evaluated. Each paragraph and section should begin with a new line. References to be cited
using the Harvard system where references in the text give the author and date of publication in round
brackets (Belwal 2012) and the full reference appears in a bibliography at the end of the term paper.
Where more than two authors are involved in the text reference, the first should be cited followed by et
al., as in ‘…analysis of the mobile phone market (Belwal et al. 2011).
In the REFERENCE section at the end of the article, entries must be laid out as follows:
Journal articles
Author surname, initial(s). (date of publication) ‘Title of article’, Journal name, Volume number,
first page – last page.
Books
Author surname, initial(s). (date of publication) Title, place of publication.
Compilations
Author name, initial(s). (date of publication) ‘Title of paper’, in ed(s). editor surname(s), initial(s)
Title of compilation, place of publication, paper first page-last page.
Refer to the Harvard Manual for complete information (e.g.,
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/infoservices… )
Assessment of Term Paper will be made with respect to the following Rubric. To score well,
please go through it and prepare your term paper in line with the expectations:
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