Open-Source software in OR education

• Author(s): Santos, Jorge M. A. ; Cavique, Luís ; Mendes, Armando B.
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2181
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Education and Distance Learning; Open Source Software; Optimization Modeling
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

24th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXIV). Lisboa, 11 a 14 de Julho de 2010 (Comunicação). This contribution will focus on Computational Tools of Open-Source Software in OR Education. Some educational experiences in the area of Forecasting; Simulation; Graphs and Networks; Decision Theory and Linear Programming based on: R 2.10.0, Scilab 5.1.1 and an Open Source Spreadsheet will be illustrated, with a brief reference to the acceptance of pupils and colleagues.