CO 270Introduction to Optimization
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Offered
- Fall, Winter, Spring
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1991–92
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1981–82 to 1991–92; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Structure and classification of optimization problems. The concepts of algorithm and heuristic. Continuous models. Linear models. Methods of branch-and-bound, implicit enumeration and approximation. Applications. Students may not enrol in C&O 270 if they have previously completed, or are concurrently enrolled in, ‘C&O 350 or 367.
As printed in the 1981–82 to 1991–92 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: MATH 130B, 134B
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
One post or comment in 1 thread mentions CO 270, July 2023 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2023
Most manageable Math major? 1 point, 10 comments
“What’s the most manageable math major and why do you think so?”
u/aglassofmangojuice: “… I liked CO a lot with Martin Pei (Goat) so CO250/270 was great. Actsc232 with Emily has been amazing so far! …”
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1981–82 to 1991–92, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1981–82 to 1991–92 10 calendars
Structure and classification of optimization problems. The concepts of algorithm and heuristic. Continuous models. Linear models. Methods of branch-and-bound, implicit enumeration and approximation. Applications.
Students may not enrol in C&O 270 if they have previously completed, or are concurrently enrolled in, ‘C&O 350 or 367.
Prereq: MATH 130B, 134B
Offered Fall, Winter, Spring · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit