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Postgraduate Course: Dynamic and Integer Programming (MATH11089)

Course Outline
School School of Mathematics College College of Science and Engineering
Course type Standard Availability Not available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits 10
Home subject area Mathematics Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description Dynamic Programming: Sequential decision processes. Principle of optimality. Applications: network, inventory, option pricing, resource allocation problem, knapsack problems. Stochastic problems. Lagrangian relaxation: The Lagrangian Dual, finding approximate solutions and bounds.

Integer programming: modelling, relaxations, unimodularity, Branch and Bound, Gomory cuts, knapsack problems.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Ability to formulate and solve a sequential decision optimization problem. Ability to formulate and solve optimization problems with integer variables.
Assessment Information
Continuous assessment 25%; Examination 75%.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywords DIP
Contacts
Course organiser Dr Julian Hall
Tel: (0131 6)50 5075
Email: J.A.J.Hall@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Mrs Frances Reid
Tel: (0131 6)50 4883
Email: f.c.reid@ed.ac.uk
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