ORIE 4340

Applications of Optimization: Modeling and Computation

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023. Courses of Study 2022-2023 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course will cover the use of optimization models in several industries. Covered industries will include manufacturing, process, distribution, retail, and transportation. We will not cover models used exclusively in the financial industry.  In each covered industry we will start with simple text-book models, and then extend these models to reflect the realities of the industry, the existing business decisions processes and the available data.  We expect to have lectures from experts in some of these industries, each of whom will also discuss Operations Research roles and careers.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ORIE 3300, ORIE 3500.

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