ENCE 603 Schedule and Homework, Dr. Steven A. Gabriel, University of Maryland

ENCE 603 Management Science Applications in Project Management

Spring 2014, Approximate Schedule and Homeworks
Tuesdays 2pm-4:30pm (JMP 2120)+ Online

Note:
Probability review will be done by the students independently of the lectures, materials to be given out
Probability Review (see Lecture 0)
[Winston: Sections 12.1 (optional), 12.2 (optional), 12.3-12.6]

(HOMEWORKS ARE DUE AT THE START OF THE NEXT CLASS, NO LATE HOMEWORKS)

Weeks	Dates	Subject	Homeworks
1	Jan. 28	Lecture #1 LP, Duality, Sensitivity Analysis [Note#1 (Basic Feasible Solutions and Vertices) & Note #2 (Dual Prices and Reduced Costs), Chapter 5 and Sections 6.1, 6.4-6.6,6.8-6.10	HW#1 given out
2	Feb. 4	Lectures #2 & 3 LP, Duality, Sensitivity Analysis [Note #1 & Note #2 , Chapter 5 and Sections 6.1, 6.4-6.6,6.8-6.10 ]	HW#2 given out
3	Feb. 11	Lectures #2 & 3 LP, Duality, Sensitivity Analysis [Note #1 and Note #2, Chapter 5 and Sections 6.1, 6.4-6.6,6.8-6.10 ]	HW#3 given out
4	Feb. 18	Lectures #4 & 5 [Chapter 4 about Simplex Method (4.1-mainly 4.1-4.8+Note #3 (Simplex Method), other parts of Chapter 4 if time allows, Network Models (General) Sections 7.1, 7.5, 8.1-8.3, 8.5-8.6]	HW#4 given out
5	Feb. 25	Lectures #4 & 5 [Chapter 4 about Simplex Method (4.1-mainly 4.1-4.8+Note #3 (Simplex Method), other parts of Chapter 4 if time allows, Network Models (General) Sections 7.1, 7.5, 8.1-8.3, 8.5-8.6] make-up lecture, Monday Feb. 24, 9am-11:30am, JMP2120 make-up lecture, no class on Tuesday Feb. 25.	HW#5 given out (double assignment, will be due on Mar. 11, 2pm)
6	Mar. 4	Lecture #6 Network models in energy [Power networks, gas networks, Gabriel et al. (2012), Note #4 (Total Unimodularity and Integer Solutions to LPs)] (possibly will have some of this lecture material in Lecture 7)
7	Mar. 11	Lectures # 7 & 8 Project Management Models in Scheduling, Integer Programming [Sections 8.4 (skip PERT), 9.1-9.2]]	HW #5 due HW #6 study for exam
8	Mar. 18	-Spring break, no class meeting this week
9	Mar. 25	Lectures # 7 & 8 Project Management Models in Scheduling, Integer Programming [Sections 8.4 (skip PERT), 9.1-9.2]] -Take-home exam #1 given out: Tuesday March 25, 2014 (9am EST), due Thursday March 27, 2014 (5pm EST) -No class meeting this week but there weill be a make-up lecture MARCH 13, 2-4:30, JMP 2120 (usual classroom)	HW#7 given out
10	Apr. 1	Lectures # 9 &10 &11 & 12 Nonlinear Programming Fundamentals Introduction to Game Theory Market Equilibria and Optimization Complementarity Problems Two-Level Optimization Problems [Chapter 11+ Sections 14.1-14.6+Gabriel et al. (2013)]	HWs#8 & 9 (combined) given out April 8
11	Apr. 8	Lectures # 9 &10 &11 & 12 Nonlinear Programming Fundamentals Introduction to Game Theory Market Equilibria and Optimization Complementarity Problems Two-Level Optimization Problems [Chapter 11+ Sections 14.1-14.6+Gabriel et al. (2013)]
12	Apr. 15	Lectures # 9 &10 &11 & 12 Nonlinear Programming Fundamentals Introduction to Game Theory Market Equilibria and Optimization Complementarity Problems Two-Level Optimization Problems [Chapter 11+ Sections 14.1-14.6+Gabriel et al. (2013)]	HWs#8 & 9 (combined) due April 22
13	Apr. 22	Lectures # 9 &10 &11 & 12 Nonlinear Programming Fundamentals Introduction to Game Theory Market Equilibria and Optimization Complementarity Problems Two-Level Optimization Problems [Chapter 11+ Sections 14.1-14.6+Gabriel et al. (2013)] -Discussion of Case Study	Case Study given out April 22 (due May 6, 2014) Note: At least two of the exam #2 questions will be on: Two-level optimization,multi-objective optimization, Stochastic LP or the Analytic Hierarchy Process
14	Apr. 29	Lecture #13 -Two-Level Optimization Problems [Gabriel et al. (2013)] -Stochastic Linear Programming [Stochastic LP, Birge and Louveaux, Chapter 1 in B&P]	But no homeworks assigned formally for these topics. See the course assistant if you want practice problems.
15	May 6	Lecture #14 -Stochastic Linear Programming [Stochastic LP, Birge and Louveaux, Chapter 1 in B&P] -Multiobjective Programming and Pareto Optimality [Section 11.13+ other sources to be given out as needed]	Case studies due May 6
16	May 13	Lecture # 15 -Multiobjective Programming and Pareto Optimality [Section 11.13+ other sources to be given out as needed] -Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) [Sections 14.1-14.6, 13.7]	Take-home exam #2 given out : 2pm EST, Tuesday May 13, 2014, due 9am EST, Friday May 16, 2014

Class Text
Operations Research Applications and Algorithms, W.L. Winston (4th edition)

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