Formulate linear and integer programming problems for solving commonly encountered optimization problems. Understand how approximation algorithms compute solutions that are guaranteed to be within ...

CSCI 5654: Linear Programming CSCI 5654: Linear Programming Instructor Fall 2016: Sriram Sankaranarayanan Prerequisites Calculus I,II + Algorithms + Linear Algebra. Topics Covered Roughly, we will ...

Successive Linear Programming (SLP) algorithms solve nonlinear optimization problems via a sequence of linear programs. They have been widely used, particularly in the oil and chemical industries, ...