Operations Research I

9 units · Undergraduate

Spring: 9 units Operations research offers a scientific approach to decision making, most commonly involving the allocation of scarce resources. This course develops some of the fundamental methods used. Linear programming: the simplex method and its linear algebra foundations, duality, post-optimality and sensitivity analysis; the transportation problem; the critical path method; non-linear programming methods. (Three 50 minute lectures, one 50 minute recitation) Prerequisites: 21-122 and ( 21-240 or 21-241 or 21-242 ) and ( 15-251 or 21-228 ) Course Website: https://www.cmu.edu/math/undergrad/math-course-information.html