C&O 370 - Deterministic OR Models (FALL SEMESTER 1996)

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 FALL SEMESTER 1996.

Please note that all files are accessible by anonymous ftp to orion.uwaterloo.ca:pub/henry/teaching/f96/370.f96.
Please tell me of any problems with this material and/or the course in general.
Send email to me. You can also send guaranteed anonymous email to me. You can use one of the three addresses:

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

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-- GAMS Software Information

(See e.g. the FAQ or the GAMS home page.) You can get help locally on GAMS in MC2048, (8:30-12, 1:00-4:30) from Colin Cambpell, campbell@dcs1. 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.

-- 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 some case studies.
Note: the LP solver uses MPS input format:
MPS format description
MPS format example

Final Exam, Assignments, Midterm, and Solutions

Following are assignments, the midterm, and solution files.

The midterm WAS held 7-9PM, Friday, Nov. 1, 1996 in MC 4042/MC 4045 (in case of conflicts the time will be 5-7PM in MC 4040)
outline for midterm

final exam scheduling
The final exam is on Friday Dec 13, 7-10, Pac Gym Area 11. (Rabbit foot anyone?)
outline for final exam!

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.

The assignments are included in the course handout;

Miscellaneous Information:


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