C&O 370 - Deterministic OR Models
(winter semester 1999)

An applications-oriented course that illustrates how various mathematical models and methods of optimization can be used to solve problems arising in business, industry and science.

( Information related to the teaching activities of Professor Henry Wolkowicz; The material is related to the course taught in the WINTER SEMESTER 1999. Please note that all files are accessible by anonymous ftp to orion.uwaterloo.ca:pub/henry/teaching/w99/370.w99.
BEWARE - under construction!!!

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    In addition, please see (and use) the newsgroup uw.co.co370.

    Available: this file (readme.html) and the course virtual handout (handout.html).

    You may be interested in:

    Also of interest:

    -- GAMS Software Information


    (See e.g. the FAQ or the GAMS home page.) You can get help locally on GAMS in MC2048, x5327, (8:00AM-3:00PM) from Colin Cambpell, campbell@ist. There is also a uw.gams newsgroup and a uw.co.co370 newsgroup. There is an online library of sample gams programs. I have made many of these, as well as some new ones, available here.
    The GAMS manual is on hourly reserve at the library: call number XE 1445.
    In winter 1999, GAMS/CPLEX is available on magnus.math and merrill.math.

    -- OTC, Optimization Technology Center

    Besides using GAMS, there is the new Optimization Technology Center. The center's mission is to make potential users in industry, government, and academia aware of how optimization techniques can aid their work, and to make the latest techniques widely available. Center products are designed to help at each stage of problem solving, from modeling real-world applications through solving the mathematical problem to interpreting the results.
    You may want to look at the optimization tree, or a java based interactive simplex tool, or some case studies.
    Note: the LP solver uses MPS input format:
    MPS format description
    MPS format example

    Alternatively, you can use lpmovie to solve linear programs with MATLAB. The tar file lpmovie.tar.Z contains all the files you need. This file is available in the same directory as the solution files. (You can use the command: tar xvf lpmovie.tar) Alternatively, the files are available on the undergrad.math machines, in the /u2/co350 and /u3/co370 accounts.
    Or you can use a java applet for small problems, from Bob Vanderbei at Princeton Univ.

    Final Exam, Assignments, Midterm, and Solutions

    The winter/99 midterm is a 2-hour exam
    Feb. 26, Friday
    7-9PM in MC4040
    (conflicts in MC4039 5-7PM)
    ("Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear.")
    outline winter /99 midterm exam!

    The fall/97 midterm is available.
    solution for problem 2 using transshipment problem; solution for problem 3 in GAMS; solution for problem 4 in GAMS are available.

    (you may be interested to look at: outline fall/96 midterm; midterm winter/96; midterm, solutions, comments fall/96.)

    final exam scheduling gives: APR 20, 2-5, PAC GYM AREA 10

    The assignments are included in the course handout;
    the latest marks are available here;


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