72994 - Project Work For Operations Research

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Computer Engineering (cod. 0937)

Learning outcomes

Application of the methodologies acquired in the course "Operations Research M" to the development of an autonomous activity on a theme agreed with the teacher.

Course contents

Implementation and experimental testing of algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems and for applications arising in industry, transportation and logistics, health care.

Readings/Bibliography

S. Martello, Ricerca Operativa per la Laurea Magistrale, Esculapio (progetto Leonardo), Bologna, 2011.

S. Martello, D. Vigo, Esercizi di Ricerca Operativa, Esculapio (progetto Leonardo), Bologna, 2003.

S. Martello, D. Vigo, Esercizi di Simulazione Numerica, Esculapio (progetto Leonardo), Bologna, 2001.

C.H. Papadimitriou, K. Steiglitz, Combinatorial Optimization: Algorithms and Complexity, Dover Publications, 1998.

S. Martello, P. Toth, Knapsack Problems: Algorithms and Computer Implementations, Wiley, 1990 (download gratuito).

R. Burkard, M. Dell'Amico, S. Martello, Assignment Problems - Revised reprint, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2012.

Teaching methods

Autonomous activity.

Assessment methods

Evaluation and experimental testing of the implemented algorithms.

Teaching tools

Use of languages C, C++ and Java. Use of CPLEX.

Office hours

See the website of Valentina Cacchiani