IEM 4013: Operations Research

Course Description

  • Introduction to operations research, analytics, and mathematical optimization with an emphasis on topics in linear, integer, and network optimization.
  • Effective model formulation and software solution of strategic, tactical and operational problems encountered in manufacturing, and service industries.
  • Covers the simplex method, duality theory, sensitivity analysis, branch-and bound, and Dijkstra’s algorithm.
Yajun Lu
Yajun Lu
Assistant Professor of Analytics & Operations Management

My research interests are in Network Optimization, Graph-based Data Mining, Data Analytics of Complex Networks with applications in Healthcare, and Social Network Analysis.