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Spring 2007, Approximate Schedule and Homeworks

HOMEWORK IS DUE AT THE START OF THE NEXT CLASS, NO LATE HOMEWORKS

Weeks
Dates
Subject Homeworks
1
Jan 24 Lectures 1 & 2
Introduction & Probability Basics (Chapters 1)
Bayes' Rule (Chapter 2)
HW#1 given out
-Problems: Winston()
2
Jan 31 Lectures 1 & 2
Introduction & Probability Basics (Chapters 1)
Bayes' Rule (Chapter 2)
HW#2 given out
-Problems:Winston
3
Feb 7 Lectures 3 & 4
Some important probability distributions (throughout the book)
Decision-making under uncertainty (decision trees, multiple objectives, sensitivity analysis, value of information) (Chapter 2)
HW#3 given out
-Problems:Winston
4
Feb 14 Lectures 3 & 4
Some important probability distributions (throughout the book)
Decision-making under uncertainty (decision trees, multiple objectives, sensitivity analysis, value of information) (Chapter 2)
HW#4 given out
-Problems: Winston
5
Feb 21 Lectures 5 & 6
(may have some leftover from lectures 3&4 here) Decision Modeling Case Studies
Constructing Probability Distributions
["Making Hard Decisions with DecisionTools," Clemen and Reilly]
Written Project Proposals Due
HW#5 given out
-Problems:Winston
6
Feb 28 Lectures 5&6
Decision Modeling Case Studies
Constructing Probability Distributions
["Making Hard Decisions with DecisionTools," Clemen and Reilly]
HW#6 given out
-Problems:Winston
7
Mar 7 Lectures 7 & 8
Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamic Programming (Chapters 6-7)

STUDY FOR EXAM #1
8
Mar 14 Lectures 7 & 8
Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamic Programming (Chapters 6-7)
WORK ON PROJECTS
9
Mar 21 SPRING BREAK
10
Mar 28 IN CLASS EXAM #1 HW#7 given out
-Problems:Winston
11
Apr 4 Lectures 9 & 10
Simulation (Chapters 9,11)
HW#8 given out
-Problems:Winston
12
Apr 11 Lectures 9 & 10
Simulation (Chapters 9,11)
 
13
Apr 18 Lectures 11 & 12
Forecasting models (Chapter 15)
HW#9 given out
-Problems:Winston
14
Apr 25 Lectures 11 & 12
Forecasting models (Chapter 15)
 
15
May 2 Guest Lecture (part 1)
Review for exam #2 and
Questions about projects (part 2)
STUDY FOR EXAM #2
16
May 9 Student Presentations & Final Reports
Due in Class

 
  Finals Week IN CLASS EXAM #2  

REFERENCES:
BADIRU ="Comprehensive Project Management," A.B. Badiru, P.S. Pulat
WINSTON ="Operations Research Applications and Algorithms," W.L. Winston

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