MSiA Optimization– Winter 2013

Install OpenSolver for Excel.  This will give you access to a much more robust solver than the one that comes with Exce.

Jan 8 Class

Read or watch the following:

• 3-Minute Video from IBM on Optimization
• Read just the first section, Mathematical Programming (6 paragraphs total)
• Read the IBM article in the Analytics Magazine
• Skim this site, the Science of Better

Jan 10 Class

• Install OpenSolver for Excel.
• Read pages 12-14 in SCND (Solving the Quantifiable Aspects)
• Read the Bland article– found on in the Library Resources section
• Optional– Read Bixby’s article on the history of Linear and Integer Programming

Tips on Implementing Projects in Practice:

From Paul Rubin

From JFP

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