ESMA 784 Optimization for Eng Systems
This course provides an introduction to systems optimization
focusing on understanding system tradeoffs. It introduces modeling methodology (linear, integer, and nonlinear
programming), with applications in production planning, scheduling and workforce planning, time-phased planning,
inventory planning, and supply contracts, logistics network design, facility sizing, and capacity expansion, capital budgeting models, assignment and matching, and transportation
models. In this class, students will learn powerful modeling and solution techniques for decision-making problems that are used today by thousands of successful companies to help them make millions of dollars.