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Course Information/Announcements, Handouts & Assignments

Math 3401's Syllabus
Spring 2017
Handout for the Course Project; instructor's evaluation of course project; and peer evaluation of Course Project; for class on Feb 7, 2017 Project's Presentations May 4. Final Exam (comprehensive) May 10 from 1:30pm till 3:30pm.
Assignments
Assignment 1
due: Jan 26, 2017
Assignment 2
due: Feb 2, 2017
You might find the following Grid useful when doing assignment 2.
Assignment 3
due: Feb 9, 2017
Assignment 4
due: Feb 28, 2017
Assignment 5
due: March 9, 2017
Assignment 6
due: April 4, 2017
Assignment 7
due: April 13, 2017
Assignment 8
due: April 27, 2017
   
Handouts
Handout 1 for class on Jan 17, 2017. Handout 2 for class on Jan 17, 2017. Handout 3 for class on Jan 24 & 26, 2017. Handout 4 for class on Feb 14, 21, & 23, 2017. Handout 5 for class on March 2 & 7, 2017.
Handout on Branch-Bound Algorithm for class on March 9 & 21, 2017. Handouts For class on March 21 & 28, 2017 Geometry of Cutting Plan Algorithm For:
ILP - Pg 1 ; ILP - Pg 2 ; ILP - Pg 3 .
Geometry of Cutting Plan Algorithm For: MILP - Pg 1 ; MILP - Pg 2 .
Handout 6 on Fundamentals of Graph Theory for OR for class on March 30 & April 4, 2017. Handout 7 for class on April 4 & 6, 2017. Handout for Network Simplex Method for MCNF for class on April 11, 13, & 18, 2017.
Other Stuff
Handout for the geometric aspects of the Simplex Method Page 1; Page 2 for class on Jan 31 & Feb 2, 2017 Handout for Ex 5 on both Dictionary Format ; and Tableau Format for class on Feb 2, 2017 A few LP and ILPs for the Lab
on Feb 14, 2017
Handout for Ratio Test Explanation for Dual Simplex . Handouts for Dual Simplex Page 1; Page 2; Page 3; for class on Feb 28 & Mar 2, 2017.

A few resources on Operations Research

GIDEN (Graphical Implementation Development Environment for Networks) (software for solving optimization problems on graphs). GIDEN's Headquarters at Northwestern University Linear Programming Model for the diet problem investment portfolio using Quadratic Programming  
Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Network Resource for Operations Research David Pisinger's optimization codes for knapsack problems Matroid Theory's Homepage INFORMS' OR resources online
INFORMS Journals Online        


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