AMS 341 Course Material, Spring 2011




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To view ps files you need to have a postcript viewer, which can download it here.
To view pdf files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded here.
A link to lindo student version (available for free).
A link to the student (free) version of ampl.
A link to another Simplex solver (free, easy to use, good for small problems).
A link to NEOS server for optimization (LP and many other problem types) to submit an ampl (or other) file for solution.




Exam 2 was Thursday May 12, in class (12:50-2:10). Solutions are posted on blackboard. The optional cumulative final exam was Thursday May 19, 2:15-4:45, in Javits 111 (usual classroom). You may pick up your exam(s) (and graded homeworks) from Estie. Course grades are posted on solar.

Teaching assistants: John Lee jjjjl241@yahoo.com office hours Wednesday 11:30-12:30 and Karim Abouelfadl, karimfadl88@hotmail.com, office hour Thursday 2:20-3:40, and Minkyu Kim, franciskim85@gmail.com, office hour Tuesday 2:30-3:30, Harriman 010.

Karim graded HW1, HW4, HW7, Minkyu HW2, HW5, HW9, HW10, John HW3, HW6, HW8.



Course Information Spring 2011 ( pdf file)

Homework assignments and solutions:
Homeworks 1-2 (typo in due dates corrected: HW1 due Feb 8, HW2 due Feb 15) ( pdf file)
Solution homework 1 ( pdf file)
Solution homework 2 ( pdf file)
Homeworks 3-4 ( pdf file)
Solution homework 3 ( pdf file)
Note: For problem 3 page 158, assume the LP is a max problem.
Solution homework 4 ( pdf file)
Homework 5 ( pdf file)
Solution homework 5 ( pdf file)
Homework 6 ( pdf file)
Solution homework 6 ( pdf file)
Homework 7 ( pdf file)
Solution homework 7 ( pdf file)
Homework 8 ( pdf file)
Solution homework 8 ( pdf file)
Homeworks 9-10 ( pdf file)
Note: HW 9, problem 3 Section 9-8, use tableau given (88) even though it is for a minimization problem.
Solution homework 9 ( pdf file)
Solution homework 10 ( pdf file)

Handouts:
Older handouts are available on blackboard.
Duality: ( pdf file)
Transportation and Assignment problems ( pdf file)
Critical Path Method ( pdf file)
Integer Programming formulation problems ( pdf file)
Solving Integer Programming problems ( pdf file)
Dynamic Programming problems ( pdf file)

Previous exams and solutions:
Exam 1, 2010 ( pdf file)
Solution to Exam 1, 2010 ( pdf file)
Exam 2, 2010 ( pdf file)
Solution to Exam 2, 2010 ( pdf file)
Exam 1, 2009 ( pdf file)
Solution to Exam 1, 2009 ( pdf file)
Exam 2, 2009 ( pdf file)
Solution to Exam 2, 2009 ( pdf file)









Estie Arkin -- Applied Math & Statistics -- Computer Science -- SUNY Stony Brook