ENME 741 Schedule and Homework, Dr. Steven A. Gabriel, University of Maryland

ENME 741 Operations Research Models in Engineering

Approximate Schedule and Homeworks

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	Sept. 1	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	Sept. 8	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	Sept. 15	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	Sept. 22	Lectures #4 & 5 -Network Models (General) Sections 7.1, 7.5, 8.1-8.3, 8.5-8.6]	HW#4 given out
5	Sept. 29	Lectures #4 & 5 -Network Models (General) Sections 7.1, 7.5, 8.1-8.3, 8.5-8.6	HW#5 given out
6	Oct. 6	Lecture #6 -Simplex method [Chapter 4 about Simplex Method (4.1-mainly 4.1-4.8+Note #3 (Simplex Method), other parts of Chapter 4 if time allows] -Note #4 (Total Unimodularity and Integer Solutions to LPs)] -Power networks, gas networks, [Gabriel et al. (2013)]	HW#6 given out
7	Oct. 13	Lectures # 7 -Power networks, gas networks, [Gabriel et al. (2012)] -Integer Programming [9.1-9.2]]	Take-home exam #1 given out
8	Oct. 20	Lectures # 8 -Integer Programming [ 9.1-9.2]	HW#7 given out
9	Oct. 27	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)]	HW#8 given out
10	Nov. 3	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)]	HW#9 given out
11	Nov. 10	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)]	HW#10 given out
12	Nov. 17	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)]	HW#10 given out
13	Nov. 24	Lecture #13 -Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamic Programming[Winston Chapters 18-19, Puterman, 1994]	Take-home exam #2 given out : Case study assgined
14	Dec. 1	Lecture #14 -Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamic Programming [Winston Chapters 18-19, Puterman, 1994]	Work on case study assgined
15	Dec. 8	Lecture # 15 -Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamic Programming [Winston Chapters 18-19, Puterman, 1994] ==== time permitting==== -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]	Case study due last day of class (regular lectures)
		Final exam	Final exam

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

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