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Model Development with Maple in PhD-Level Management Science Courses: A Personal Account

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I have used the computer algebra system Maple for more than 30 years in my research and three PhD-level management science courses I have taught. I also wrote a book on Maple to illustrate its successful use in solving operations research/management science problems. In this paper, I will first present a detailed presentation of Maple’s use in my course on stochastic processes and include relevant Maple worksheets. This is followed by a description of Maple’s use in my course on dynamic programming and optimal control. The paper ends with a discussion of my third PhD course on game theory. The complete list of all Maple worksheets presented is available on my homepage at https://profs.degroote.mcmaster.ca/ads/parlar/ORMapleBook/Parlar-Supplements-SpringerORForum.zip.

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Data sharing not applicable to this article as no data sets were generated or analyzed during the current study. However, the Maple files cited will be available on the author’s homepage at https://profs.degroote.mcmaster.ca/ads/parlar/ORMapleBook/Parlar-Supplements-SpringerORForum.zip.

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  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macsyma

  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MuMATH

  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derive_(computer_algebra_system)

  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_algebra_systems

  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_(software)

  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Mathematica

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Parlar, M. Model Development with Maple in PhD-Level Management Science Courses: A Personal Account. Oper. Res. Forum 4, 17 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43069-023-00202-x

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