This page contains a schedule of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as necessary the semester progresses, with all changes documented here.
Week
Date
Topic
Slides
Lab
HW
Project
1
Mon, Aug 21
Welcome to BEE 4750!
Wed, Aug 23
Introduction to Systems Analysis
Fri, Aug 25
Lab: Julia and GitHub Setup
2
Mon, Aug 28
Modeling Systems
Wed, Aug 30
Example: Wastewater Transport
Fri, Sep 01
Example: Shallow Lake Eutrophication
3
Mon, Sep 04
No Class: Labor Day
Wed, Sep 06
Simulating Systems and Box Models
Fri, Sep 08
Dissolved Oxygen
Mon, Sep 11
Dissolved Oxygen Simulation
Wed, Sep 13
Uncertainty and Risk
Fri, Sep 15
Probability and Monte Carlo Simulation
5
Mon, Sep 18
Lab: Monte Carlo
Wed, Sep 20
Monte Carlo, Formally
Fri, Sep 22
Simple Climate Models and Uncertainty Propagation
6
Mon, Sep 25
Prescriptive Modeling
Wed, Sep 27
Introduction to Optimization
Fri, Sep 29
Linear Programming
7
Mon, Oct 02
Project Proposal Peer Review
Wed, Oct 04
Guest Lecture: Diana Hackett
Fri, Oct 06
Lab: Optimization with JuMP.jl
8
Mon, Oct 09
No Class: Indigeneous People’s Day
Wed, Oct 11
LP Example: Resource Allocation
Fri, Oct 13
Power Systems, Generating Capacity Expansion
9
Mon, Oct 16
Economic Dispatch
Wed, Oct 18
Managing Multiple Air Pollutant Sources
Fri, Oct 20
Air Pollution II
10
Mon, Oct 23
Mixed Integer Programming
Wed, Oct 25
Solid Waste Management
Fri, Oct 27
Linear Programming Under Uncertainty
11
Mon, Oct 30
No Class: Project Work
Wed, Nov 1
No Class: Project Work
Fri, Nov 3
No Class: Project Work
12
Mon, Nov 6
Challenges for Mathematical Programming and Systems Analysis