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Jayant
Rajgopal
1039
Benedum Hall
Industrial
Engineering
University
of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh,
PA 15261
Tel.
+1 412 624 9840
Fax +1
412 624 9831
rajgopal@pitt.edu
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The following is a tentative
schedule for the course - we will probably
change a few things as we proceed, depending upon
the progress that we make, class interests, time
constraints, etc.
| Date |
Content |
Chapter
in
Text |
| 1/05/12 |
Administrative
Preliminaries; Introduction to O.R.
and the O.R. Method |
Chapter 1
|
| 1/12/12 |
General Mathematical
Modeling |
-- |
| 1/19/12 |
Linear Programming Models |
Chapter
3 |
| 1/26/12 |
More LP formulations,
Graphical Analysis of Linear
Programs |
Chapter
3 |
| 2/02/12 |
The Simplex Method - Theory |
Chapter
4 |
| 2/09/12 |
The Simplex Method - Details |
Chapter 4
|
| 2/16/12 |
Extension to Nonstandard
Forms; Computer Packages |
Chapter
4 |
| 2/23/12 |
Postoptimality Analysis |
Chapter
5 |
| 3/01/12 |
EXAMINATION 1
|
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|
| 3/08/12 |
Spring Break - No Class!! |
 |
| 3/15/12 |
Duality; Transportation,
Transshipment & Assignment Models |
Chapters 5/7
|
| 3/22/12 |
Formulation of 0-1 Integer
Programs |
Chapter
9 |
| 3/29/12 |
More 0-1 IP Formulations |
Chapter
9
|
| 4/05/12 |
Network Flow Problems |
Chapters
8 |
| 4/12/12 |
PERT/CPM |
Chapter
8 |
| 4/19/12 |
Branch and Bound Algorithm |
Chapter
9
|
| 4/26/12 |
EXAMINATION 2 |
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