Teaching plan

Note: the dates are not updated!! When referring to the curriculum the following abbreviations are used:

  • [D1]: G.Dahl, An introduction to convexity, Univ. of Oslo, 2009 (or 2004, some minor typos corrected).
  • [S] : A.Schrijver, A Course in Combinatorial Optimization, 2008.(Kap.1)
  • [D2]: Dahl, Network flows and combinatorial matrix theory, Univ. of Oslo, 2009.
  • [DM]: Dahl, Mannino, Notes on combinatorial optimization, Univ. of Oslo, 2009.

DateTeacherPlaceTopicLecture notes / comments
01.09.2010Geir Dahl (GD)  B1036  Introduction, convexity [D1]: 1 Basic concepts  Exercises: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 
08.09.2010GD  B1036  Convexity [D1] 2 Convex hulls  Exercises: 1.11, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22, Project 1.2, Project 1.3 
09.09.2010GD  B1036 Note: Thursday 9., 14.15-16  Convexity [D1] 3 Projection and separation  Exercises: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2,7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.13, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.20, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.262.30, 2.31, 2.37 
15.09.2010GD  B1036  Convexity [D1] 4 Representation of convex sets  Exercises: 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.19 
22.09.2010GD  B1000 (meeting room)  Convexity [D1] 4 Representation of convex sets   Exercises: 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.14, 4.15 
29.09.2010Carlo Mannino (CM)  B1036  Combinatorial optimization: the CO concept, shortest path, spanning tree.  Exercises from Convexity: 4.17, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21, 4.23, 4.24, 4.25, 4.26, 4.28, 4.29. Exercises from "Network flows...": 9, 10, 11, 12. Lecture notes  
06.10.2010CM  B1036  Network flows and combinatorial matrix theory. [D2] 1 Flows and circulations.  Lecture notes 
13.10.2010CM  B1036  Network flows and combinatorial matrix theory. [D2] 1 Max-flow min-cut   Lecture notes

The first part of the second assignment will be introduced.

Second Assignment (part 1) 

20.10.2010CM  B1036  Combinatorial optimization: zero-one LP formulations,  Lecture notes

Exercises on polyhedral combinatorics: see Notes from the lectures. 

21.10.2010CM+GD  B1036, NB, NB: torsdag kl 09.15 - 10  Introduction to the OPL-CPLEX optimization system  Lecture notes  
27.10.2010CM  B1036  Combinatorial optimization: separation, dynamic simplex method  Lecture notes  
03.11.2010GD  B1036  Combinatorial optimization: totally unimodularity and integrality  See Chapter 2 in Notes on Comb.Opt.: Section 2.1: brief knowledge, Sections 2.2 and 2.3: everything covered.  
10.11.2010CM  B1036  Combinatorial optimization: heuristic methods (greedy, local search)  Lecture notes

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17.11.2010CM  B1036  Combinatorial optimization: exact methods  Lecture notes

 

24.11.2010GD  B1036  Summary, comments, examples.   
29.11.2010GD, CM  B1036  Lecturer available for possible questions.   
Published Aug. 2, 2010 11:48 AM - Last modified Nov. 19, 2010 12:50 PM