The University of Iowa

56:171

Operations Research
Fall Semester 2002

Click mouse on the homework or quiz # to download the PDF file, or on the "X" in the "Solutions" column to download the solutions file.

HW Due Date HW Topic Solutions
#1 Friday, Sept. 6

LP Formulations

 X

 #2

Friday, Sept. 13
 LP formulation, simplex method, LP case Study

X

 #3

 Friday, Sept. 20
 Simplex algorithm; LP models

X

 #4

Friday, Sept. 27
 LP Sensitivity Analysis, LINGO model

X

 #5

 Friday, October 4
 Sensitivity Analysis, Transportation & Assignment Problems

 X

 #6

 Friday, October 11
 Assignment Problems, Critical Path Method & PERT  

 #7

 Friday, October 25
 Integer LP LINGO model, Decision analysis

 X

 #8

 Friday, November 1
 Decision tree, Integer LP, Markov chain

 X

 #9
  Friday, November 8 Discrete-time Markov chains  

 #10
  Friday, November 15 Continuous-time Markov chains  

 #11

Friday, November 22
 Queues, Dynamic Programming  

 #12

 Friday, December 6
 Dynamic Programming  

Quiz Date Quiz Topic Solutions
#1 Friday, Sept. 6

Graphical solution of LP, matrix operations
(3 versions: A, B, & C)

 X
3 versions

 #2

Friday, Sept. 13
 LINDO, LINGO, Simplex algorithm
& case study

X
3 versions

 #3

 Friday, Sept. 20

X

 #4

Friday, Sept 27
 Sensitivity analysis using LINDO

X

 #5

 Monday, Oct. 7
  LP Sensitivity Analysis, Transportation & Assignment Problems

 X

 #6

 Friday, Oct. 11
 Assignment Problem, CPM/PERT

X

 #7

 Friday, October 25
  Decision analysis

 X
3 versions

 #8

 Monday, November 4
  Decision analysis

 X

 #9

 Friday, November 8
  Discrete-time Markov chains

 X

 #10

Friday, November 15
  Continuous-time Markov chains, queues

 X

 #11

Friday, November 22
  Queues, continuous-time Markov chains

 X

 #12

 Friday, December 6
  Dynamic Programming

 X

 

Lab Exercises, etc.

 Week

 Date

Topic

 File

 1
  Aug. 27-29  Matrix operations  

 2
  Sept. 3-5 LINDO & LINGO  Lingo_sets
Chicken_feed
Lab exercise
CHKNFD.ltx
CHKNFD.lg4

 3
  Sept. 10-12 LINGO Incinerators, BURN.lg4
Mama's Kitchen
MAKITCHEN.lg4
AMFC, AMFC.lg4

 4
  Sept. 17-19 Sensitivity analysis, LINGO  Zales, Par

 5
  Sept. 24-26  Sensitivity analysis  Bloomington_PD, Ankelor, Gas_Blending

 6
  Oct. 1-3  Transportation Problem (TP) &
Assignment problem (AP)		 Assignment problem (AP), LINGO model of AP:  LAP1.lg4
TP & AP

 7
  Oct. 8-10 Hungarian Algorithm
for assignment problem		  

 8
  Oct. 22-24 Decision analysis, decision trees  


Click here for a report of current homework & quiz scores. Any corrections should be requested within two weeks of the return of the homework assignment or quiz.

 

Notes:

to 56:171 home page.

http://asrl.ecn.uiowa.edu/bricker/or_assignments.html
dennis-bricker@uiowa.edu

Last modified: 18 December 2002