Teaching Integer Programming Starting From an Energy Supply Game

Beliën, Jeroen; Colpaert, Jan; Boeck, Liesje De; Eyckmans, Johan; Leirens, Wouter

doi:10.1287/ited.2013.0105

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“…Participating in the Energy Game (Beliën et al, 2013) Several activities, from discovery of the problem data, establishment of objectives, formulation and calculation of the optimal solution.…”

Section: In the Classroom Groupmentioning

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Teaching operations research to undergraduate management students: The role of gamification

Dias

2017

The International Journal of Management Education

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Gamification has been successfully applied in some educational environments, however there is a lack of studies considering gamification applied to Management university courses. In this paper, the experience of applying gamification in an OperationsResearch/Management Science course taught to undergraduate management students will be described. The use of challenges, points, personalized feedback, badges and leaderboards was considered to implement the most important game mechanics and related dynamics. It was possible to observe an increase of students' participation in classes, an increase in the percentage of approved students and a better assessment of the course made by the students.Some recommendations on how to implement an Operations Research course for management students are also given.

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Section: In the Classroom Groupmentioning

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Teaching operations research to undergraduate management students: The role of gamification

Dias

2017

The International Journal of Management Education

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“…As documented in Heineke and Meile (1995), it has helped students to understand the dynamics of supply chains and especially the "bullwhip" effect. Over the years, many other games, such as the dual sourcing game (Allon and Van Mieghem 2010b), the energy supply game (Belien et al 2013), and the carbon trading game (Frommer and Robert 2017), among others, have successfully simplified sophisticated OM problems into interesting cases and exercises. They allow students to focus on the managerial insights without being confused by the complicated mathematical models.…”

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Game—The Beer Transportation Game: How to Decarbonize Logistics by Moving Freight to Sustainable Transport Modes

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Boute

2020

INFORMS Transactions on Education

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Moving freight to sustainable transport modes is one of the most frequently mentioned suggestions to decarbonize logistics. Regrettably, even with regulation and technology developing over the past years, most of the freight volumes are still shipped via road, the least sustainable means of transport. This paper presents a beer transportation game to support logistics decarbonization via a modal shift from road to rail. In the game, student teams play the role of a logistics manager of a beer brewer and decide on the transport mode and shipment volume from the brewery to a distribution center. Their decisions are evaluated by the impact on total logistics costs and emissions. The game consists of two rounds, each with a student participation part and a lecturer debriefing part. The first round helps students understand why firms are often reluctant to shift freight from road to the low-emission transport mode (e.g., rail), and the second round encourages students to overcome the obstacles and helps them design practical approaches to alter the modal split in favor of rail transport. The game can be sealed into a 90-minute session and incorporated into any courses covering the topic of sustainable logistics or supply chain management.

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“…56-70, © 2017 There are also works on games closer to our topic of energy emissions. Beliën et al (2013) teach integer programming through an energy supply game. Players purchase power plants of various types, aiming to meet power demand while staying within budget and emissions limits.…”

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Game—A Carbon Emissions Game

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Day²

2017

INFORMS Transactions on Education

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Please scroll down for article-it is on subsequent pagesWith 12,500 members from nearly 90 countries, INFORMS is the largest international association of operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals and students. INFORMS provides unique networking and learning opportunities for individual professionals, and organizations of all types and sizes, to better understand and use O.R. and analytics tools and methods to transform strategic visions and achieve better outcomes. For more information on INFORMS, its publications, membership, or meetings visit Abstract. This paper describes a carbon trading game to be played in a classroom setting. The game is modeled on real-world electric power markets with a carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions cap, often referred to as a "cap-and-trade" system. Players assume the roles of competing utilities, each with a fossil fuel plant and a renewable energy plant. Any electricity generated by fossil fuel requires offsetting carbon credits, which are available via auction. Depending on the auction price, it can be cheaper or more expensive to generate electricity with fossil fuel versus renewables. The goals of the game are: for students to become acquainted with cap-and-trade markets; to understand how regulatory policy applied to a market can induce environmental benefits; to discover how to mathematically derive strategies; to get a taste of basic game theory, auctions, and the newsvendor problem; and to meet these objectives in a fun setting. While fairly straightforward and simplified to provide symmetry among student competitors, the game can lead to surprisingly interesting results. This paper describes the game and how to facilitate it, presents strategies, analyzes games that were played, introduces novel quantitative measures to evaluate the quality of game play, and offers a number of suggestions for extending the game.

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Teaching Integer Programming Starting From an Energy Supply Game

Cited by 17 publications

References 26 publications

Teaching operations research to undergraduate management students: The role of gamification

Teaching operations research to undergraduate management students: The role of gamification

Game—The Beer Transportation Game: How to Decarbonize Logistics by Moving Freight to Sustainable Transport Modes

Game—A Carbon Emissions Game

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