MATH 352AFundamentals of Optimization
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Last listed
- 1975–76
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1972–73 to 1975–76; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Introductory study of optimization techniques common to a wide variety of operations research and engineering problems, and of fundamental theoretical interest. Linear programming, simplex method, duality; integer and non-linear programming; convexity; branch and bound, network programming, optimal paths and trees, transportation problems, flows, PERT, replacement Policies Knapsack problems. Recommended for students desiring mathematical background for operations research, industrial engineering, computer science and for those wishing to pursue advanced courses in mathematical programming and combinatorics. 2 hours lectures, one term. Prerequisites: Linear algebra (Math 219/229) or consent of instructor.
As printed in the 1972–73 to 1975–76 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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How it read in each calendar from 1972–73 to 1975–76, 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.
1972–73 to 1975–76 2 calendars
Introductory study of optimization techniques common to a wide variety of operations research and engineering problems, and of fundamental theoretical interest. Linear programming, simplex method, duality; integer and non-linear programming; convexity; branch and bound, network programming, optimal paths and trees, transportation problems, flows, PERT, replacement Policies Knapsack problems. Recommended for students desiring mathematical background for operations research, industrial engineering, computer science and for those wishing to pursue advanced courses in mathematical programming and combinatorics. 2 hours lectures, one term. Prerequisites: Linear algebra (Math 219/229) or consent of instructor.