EMIS 8360 Syllabus Spring 2011

Date Topic Reading 
Session 1
20 January
Course Overview & Intro. to ORMS
Introduction to Linear Programming (LP)
Solving LPs with AMPL: Rudimentary Models

Taha Section 2.1
Taha Section 2.3
Session 2
27 January
Selected LP Applications
Graphical LP Solution
Taha Section 2.4
Taha Section 2.2
Session 3
3 February
Class canceled due to weather  
EMIS 8360 EXTRA
Taped 8 and 10 February
Network Models Taha Sections 5.1 6.1, 6.3.1, 6.3.3, and 6.4.3
Session 4
10 February
Sensitivity Analysis
Solving LPs with AMPL: Algebraic Models
Taha Section 3.6
Taha Section 2.3.2 and Appendix C
Session 5
17 February
Goal Programming
Transition from Graphical to Algebraic Solution to LPs
Taha Chapter 8
Taha Section 3.1 and 3.2
Session 6
24 February
Exam 1
The Simplex Method
Sessions 1 through 4
Taha Section 3.3
Session 7
3 March
The Simplex Method Taha Section 3.3
Session 8
10 March
Integer Programming Models Taha Section 9.1
Session 9
24 March
Integer Programming Models and Algorithms Taha Chapter 9.2
Session 10
31 March
Exam 2 Sessions 5 through 9
Session 11
7 April
Decision Making under Uncertainty
Review of Probability Fundamentals
Taha Chapter 15.3
Taha Chapter 14.1 - 14.3.1
Session 12
14 April
Decision Making under Risk Taha Chapter 15
Session 13
21 April
Decision Making under Risk
Utility Theory
Taha Chapter 15
Session 14
28 April
Deterministic Dynamic Programming
Probabilistic Dynamic Programming
Taha Chapter 12 (Chapter 10 in 8th Edition)
Taha Chapter 24 (Chapter 22 in 8th Edition)
5 May Final Exam 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM