MATH 566 - Discrete Optimization

Lecture log with notes

Lecture syllabus
Blackboard
ISU catalog
Textbook,

Homework

• HW #1 due to Aug 31 (before class)
• HW #2 due to Sep 14 (before class)
• HW #3 due to Sep 21 (before class)
• HW #4 due to Sep 28 (before class)
• HW #5 due to Oct 5 (before class)
• HW #6 due to Oct 26 (before class)
• HW #7 due to Nov 2 (before class)
• HW #8 due to Nov 9 (before class)
• HW #9 due to Nov 16 (before class) Sage help
• HW #10 due to Dec 9 (Friday before class)

Announcements

• Score from tests and assignments available in Blackboard
• In case that your score on your list and in the system do not match, please let me know so I can correct the mistake.
• If you cannot participate in the class where HW is due, you can email me scan of your work BEFORE the class.
• There will be some programming HW. In Sage. You can use it online or download to you computer. It is built on Python.
• My favourite solver is APMonitor , because it is online and super easy to use.
• Class from 2015
• Other usefull books: Combinatorial Optimization
  Free PDF of the textbook for ISU
  Linear programming
  Discrete Geometry
  

Exams (tentative schedule)

I plan take home exams. Unlike hw, no collaborating.

• Exam 1
  • Material covered: Chapters
  • Date: Oct 5 - 7
• Exam 2
  • Material covered: Chapters
  • Date: Nov 16-18
• Final
  • Date: Dec 9-12

Bonus rules

• You may collaborate on solving the homework. However, every student is required to type the solution (her/him)self.
• HW will be graded by Kacy, exams will be graded by Kacy and Bernard.

Notes

I will publish the workseehts. They are in log