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I.E. 2001: OPERATIONS RESEARCH (Spring 2020)

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Jayant Rajgopal
1032 Benedum Hall
Industrial Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

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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
1/09/19 Administrative Preliminaries; Introduction to O.R. and the O.R. Method
Chapter 1
1/16/19 General Mathematical Modeling --
1/23/19 Linear Programming Models Chapter 3
1/30/19 More LP formulations, Graphical Analysis of Linear Programs  Chapter 3
2/06/19 The Simplex Method - Theory & Basic Methodology
Chapter 4
2/13/19 The Simplex Method - Extension to Nonstandard Forms
Chapter 4
2/20/19 Computer Packages, Postoptimality Analysis Chapter 5
2/27/19 Duality; Transportation, Transshipment & Assignment Models  Chapters  5/7
3/05/19 EXAMINATION 1

3/12/19 Spring Break - No Class!
3/19/19 Formulation of 0-1 Integer Programs Chapter 9
3/26/19 More 0-1 IP Formulations  Chapter 9
4/02/19 Network Flow Problems
Chapter 8
4/09/19 PERT/CPM Chapter 8
4/16/19 Branch and Bound Algorithm Chapter 9
4/23/19 EXAMINATION 2 --