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DSES-6760
Combinatorial Optimization and Integer Programming
Review of exact and heuristic methods for solving discrete problems, including the traveling salesman problem, the knapsack problem, packing and covering problems. Algorithm complexity and NP-completeness, cutting plane methods and polyhedral theory, branch and bound, simulated annealing, tabu search, Lagrangian duality. (Cross listed as MATP-6620. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MATP-6620.) Prerequisites: DSES-4770 (MATP-4700). Spring term odd-numbered years.
4 credit hours
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