AMS 341 — Operations Research I: Deterministic Models
Linear programming, the simplex method, duality, sensitivity analysis, integer programming, and network flows.
Instructor: Prof. Tan H. Cao
Term: Fall
Location: SUNY Korea
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Course overview
A first course in operations research, focused on deterministic optimization models. Students learn to formulate real-world problems as linear and integer programs and to solve them using the simplex method and modern solvers.
Main topics
- Formulating linear programs; geometric interpretation
- The simplex method; tableau and revised forms
- Duality and sensitivity analysis
- Integer programming; branch-and-bound
- Network flow problems: shortest paths, max flow, assignment
- Modeling with Python (
PuLP/scipy.optimize)
Prerequisites
AMS 210 (Linear Algebra) and basic calculus.