University of North Alabama
A graduate-level course on optimization techniques using Excel's Solver package. Students learn basics of setting up optimization problems in words, in math, and in Excel, then use those skills to solve non- linear, linear, integer, and non-smooth optimization models. Some solution algorithms (such as the simplex method) are discussed in more detail. The development of useful and appropriate heuristics when it is intractable to find global optimal solutions is also explored.
3 credits
DA 676
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