Mathematical Models for Decision Making

SA367 ■ Spring 2018
Assoc. Prof. Nelson Uhan

Announcements

26 Apr
  • The final exam will take place on Monday 7 May at 13:30 in CH103. See below for details.
  • You may resubmit two quizzes/exams next week (the week of 30 April).
  • The last day to resubmit a quiz/exam is Wednesday 2 May.
2 Apr The deadline to resubmit a quiz/exam for the 12-week marking period is 8:00 on Monday 9 April.
20 Mar

Plan for next week

T 27 Mar Review
W 28 Mar Exam EI, 19:00 - 20:00 in CH348
R 29 Mar Exam 2

Exam 2

  • Covers lessons 6-14.
  • You will not be asked to write code, but you may be asked to read and interpret code.
  • No outside materials allowed.
13 Feb The deadline to resubmit a quiz/exam for the 6-week marking period is at the beginning of class on Tuesday 20 February.
1 Feb

Plan for next week

T 6 Feb
  • Finish Lesson 6
  • Review
W 7 Feb Exam EI, 19:00 - 20:00 in CH348
R 8 Feb Exam 1

Exam 1

  • Covers Lessons 1-5.
  • You will not be asked to write code, but you may be asked to read and interpret code.
  • No outside materials allowed.
22 Jan

Instructions for resubmissions

  • Print a blank quiz/exam (see below). Redo the problems you want to submit.
  • Print and fill out a resubmission cover sheet. Here is the honor statement:
    I pledge on my honor that I have not used any unauthorized materials, and that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance for this resubmission.
  • Follow the guidelines in the course policy statement. In particular:
    • No collaboration allowed. All work must be your own.
    • You may use your own course materials (e.g., notes, homework), as well as any materials directly linked from the course website. You may not use any other materials.
  • Submit the cover sheet, your redone problems, and your original quiz/exam.
11 Jan Welcome!

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General information

Python Resources

Homework

Date Problems
17 Apr Finish formulating the model in Lesson 20.
Bring your computers to the next class.
12 Apr Baytheon and Farkas Investments, revisited (zip)
10 Apr Bring your computers to the next class.
5 Apr Farkas Investments
3 Apr Baytheon
8 Mar Dynamic Distillery - recursion
6 Mar Pear Computers - recursion
1 Mar Shortest path recursions
27 Feb Markov Micromanufacturing (zip)
Finish the example at the end of Lesson 10.
22 Feb Airlift planning (zip)
20 Feb Bring your computers to the next class.
15 Feb Dynamic Distillery and Pear Computers, revisited (zip)
Bring your computers to the next class.
13 Feb Pear Computers
Bring your computers to the next class.
1 Feb Dynamic Distillery
30 Jan Reverse engineering
25 Jan Shapley Sneakers and Primal Praline Company, revisited (zip)
Bring your computers to the next class.
18 Jan Practice with Python (zip)
Bring your computers to the next class.
16 Jan Primal Praline Company
Follow these instructions to install Python and Jupyter on your computer. Bring your computers to the next class.
11 Jan Familiarize yourself with the course policy statement.
Shapley Sneakers

Lessons

Dates Lesson
19 Apr 21 Solving the points-after-touchdown problem
17 Apr 20 The points-after-touchdown problem
12 Apr 19 Solving stochastic dynamic programs with Python
10 Apr 18 Stochastic dynamic programming, cont. Notes
5 Apr 17 Stochastic dynamic programming, cont. Notes
3 Apr 16 Stochastic dynamic programming, cont. Notes
23 Mar 15 Introduction to stochastic dynamic programming Notes
20 Mar 14 Review – dynamic programming
  • 8 Mar
  • 6 Mar
 13 Formulating dynamic programming recursions
  • 1 Mar
 12 The principle of optimality and formulating recursions Notes
27 Feb 11 Machine scheduling Notes
  • 22 Feb
 10 Drafting a fantasy basketball team
20 Feb 9 Big DPs and the curse of dimensionality Notes
15 Feb 8 Solving dynamic programs with networkx
13 Feb 7 Dynamic programming, cont.
  • 6 Feb
  • 1 Feb
 6 Introduction to dynamic programming Notes
  • 30 Jan
 5 The mileage running problem
25 Jan 4 Solving shortest path problems with networkx
  • 23 Jan
  • 18 Jan
 3 Introduction to Jupyter and Python
16 Jan 2 The shortest path problem, cont. Notes
11 Jan 1 Introduction and the shortest path problem Notes

Quizzes

Date Quiz
24 Apr Quiz 8
12 Apr Quiz 7
22 Mar Quiz 6
1 Mar Quiz 5
22 Feb Quiz 4
1 Feb Quiz 3
25 Jan Quiz 2
18 Jan Quiz 1

Exams

Date Exam
7 May Final Exam
29 Mar Exam 2
8 Feb Exam 1