These texts are useful references both for the course material and the modeling tools we will rely on:
[Moore] = Decision Modeling with Microsoft Excel, Sixth Edition, by Moore, Weatherford, Eppen, Gould and Schmidt, Prentice Hall
[Fourier] = AMPL A Modeling Language For Mathematical Programming, by Fourer, Gay, Kernighan, Boyd & Fraser
| LEC # | Topics | Readings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Chapters 1 & 2 of Moore et al. |
| 2 | Network Models: Assignment & Transportation | Sect. 5.1-5.4 of Moore et al. |
| 3 | Network Models: Shortest Path & Transshipment |
Sect. 5.10-14 of Moore et al. Sect. 5.6 of Moore et al. Pages 43-51 of Fourer et al. Scan Chapters 1-8 and 10 of Fourer et al. |
| 4 | Introduction to LP | Chapter 3 of Moore et al. |
| 5 | Application: Revenue Optimization | Chapter 3 & 5 of Moore et al. |
| 6 | Production Planning, Workforce Scheduling. | Chapter 5 of Moore et al. |
| 7 | Conflicting Objectives, Robust Optimization. | |
| 8 | Integer Programming |
Chapter 6 of Moore et al.
Chapter 20 of Fourer et al. |
| 9 | IP Modeling | Chapter 6 of Moore et al. |
| 10 | Case Study: Ford Finished Vehicle Delivery | |
| 11 | Location Models | |
| 12 | Non-Linear Programming |
Chapter 7 of Moore et al.
Chapter 18 of Fourer et al. |
| 13 | Application Portfolio Optimization | Chapter 7 of Moore et al. |
| 14 | Non-Linear Programming | Chapter 7 of Moore et al. |
| 15 | Team Presentations | |
| 16 | Heuristics I | |
| 17 | Team Presentations | |
| 18 | Heuristics II | |
| 19 | Team Presentations | |
| 20 | Optimization, Heuristics and Uncertainty | |
| 21 | Team Presentations |
