| Day | Date | Day | Lecture topic | DOR | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/8/2013 | Tuesday | The cycle of operations research | 1.1 | |
| 2 | 1/9/2013 | Wednesday | Example 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1(a)-1.1(d) |
| 3 | 1/11/2013 | Friday | definitions, gusek | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 1/14/2013 | Monday | Resource allocation | 2.1 | 2.1,2.3* |
| 5 | 1/16/2013 | Wednesday | Work scheduling | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 1/18/2013 | Friday | Blending | 2.3 | 2.11*, 2.12 |
| 8 | 1/23/2013 | Wednesday | Production Process | 2.5 | 2.9,2.10* |
| 9 | 1/25/2013 | Friday | Multiperiod models | 2.6 | 2.20 |
| 10 | 1/28/2013 | Monday | Multiperiod models | 2.6 | 2.22 |
| 11 | 1/30/2013 | Wednesday | Sets, indices, and summations, oh my | 2.3 | |
| 12 | 2/1/2013 | Friday | Resource allocation redux | 2.1 | diet* |
| 13 | 2/4/2013 | Monday | Work scheduling redux | 2.2 | 2.7,2.8 |
| 14 | 2/6/2013 | Wednesday | Blending redux | 2.3 | 2.13*, 2.14 |
| 15 | 2/8/2013 | Friday | Production process redux | 2.5 | TBD |
| 16 | 2/11/2013 | Monday | Multiperiod redux | 2.6 | 2.16,2.24,inventory,finco |
| 17 | 2/13/2013 | Wednesday | review | na | |
| 18 | 2/15/2013 | Friday | Test 1 | na | |
| 20 | 2/20/2013 | Wednesday | Optimization algorithms-local search | 5.1-5.4 | |
| 21 | 2/22/2013 | Friday | Improving search, optimality, gradients | 6.1-6.2 | 6.1, 6.2, 6.8, 6.9 |
| 22 | 2/25/2013 | Monday | Convexity, global optimality | 6.3 | 6.14,6.18 |
| 23 | 2/27/2013 | Wednesday | Geometry/algebra of extreme points | 7.1 | 7.2,7.3 |
| 24 | 3/1/2013 | Friday | Geometry, continued | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| 25 | 3/4/2013 | Monday | Fundamental theorem of LP | 7.2 | handout |
| 26 | 3/6/2013 | Wednesday | Basic solutions in canonical form | 2.8,7.3 | 7.14,7.16 |
| 27 | 3/8/2013 | Friday | Basic solutions continued | 7.3 | 7.17 |
| 28 | 3/18/2013 | Monday | Simplex method | 8.1 | 8.1,8.2,8.3 |
| 29 | 3/20/2013 | Wednesday | Simplex method, continued | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| 30 | 3/22/2013 | Friday | Simplex method, continued | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| 31 | 3/25/2013 | Monday | Simplex method, continued | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| 32 | 3/27/2013 | Wednesday | Simplex method, continued | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| 33 | 3/29/2013 | Friday | Degeneracy, convergence | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| 34 | 4/1/2013 | Monday | Two-phase method | 8.4 | 8.11(a,b),8.12(a) |
| 35 | 4/3/2013 | Wednesday | review | na | |
| 36 | 4/5/2013 | Friday | Test 2 | na | |
| 37 | 4/8/2013 | Monday | Bounds | 9.1 | 9.1-9.4 |
| 38 | 4/10/2013 | Wednesday | The dual | 9.2 | 9.5 (a,b) |
| 39 | 4/12/2013 | Friday | duality theorems | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| 40 | 4/15/2013 | Monday | duality theorems, zero-sum games | 9.3 | 9.7,9.8 |
| 41 | 4/17/2013 | Wednesday | Zero-sum games | 2.7 | 2.31 |
| 42 | 4/19/2013 | Friday | Zero-sum games | part 1, part 2 | handout |
| 43 | 4/22/2013 | Monday | introduction to network models | 2.9 | 2.43 |
| 44 | 4/24/2013 | Wednesday | optimality and shortest paths | 12.2 | handout |
| 45 | 4/26/2013 | Friday | shortest paths interdiction | handout | handout |
| 46 | 4/29/2013 | Monday | review |