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Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Recitation Upper DivisionIntroduction to mathematical programming and computing as an aid to agricultural decision making by firms, linear programming, game theory and strategy, simulation, the waiting-line problem, the equipment replacement decision, and multiproduct scheduling methods.
Learning Outcomes1Manipulate and use spreadsheets.
2Formulate linear programming problems.
3Solve linear programming problems in Excel.
4Interpret results obtained from linear programming models.
5Present and explain linear programming results.
6Understand graphically the concept of optimality in a linear program.
7Understand the properties of optimal linear programming solutions.
8Recognize and demonstrate instances where linear programming and simulation modeling might be valuable.