port Format

Please submit your project report in either MS Word or PDF format as well as your Excel output.

You can use the following outline for your project report:

a$.$ Introduction: introduce the problem, provide some background

b$.$ Problem Statement: describe the problem you are proposing to solve,

c$.$ State the assumptions $($if any$)$

d$.$ Data Sources: list the sources of data you expect to extract data for developing the analysis. Provide any references you used.

e$.$ Data Description: describe the data $($explain any terms that are specific to your dataset

f$.$ Methods: discuss your modelling approach, what is the objective function? What is the nature of the objective function $($linear$,$ non$-$linear, etc$).$ What are your constraints? What is the nature of your constraints $($linear$,$ integer, binary$)?$ What are your decision variables? What solver method did you adopt to develop the portfolio investment recommendation?

g$.$ Results: discuss the outcome of your analysis.

h$.$ Conclusion: Do you have a recommendation?

Include tables and visuals to support your analysis.

Your project report should be $5-7$ pages.