Spring 2012 Course Descriptions

COMP 150-02 Combinatorial Optimization

A. Blumer
TR 12:00-1:15, Halligan Hall 106
F+ Block

Methods for solving discrete optimization problems: Linear and convex programming, duality, max flow, bipartite matching, branch and bound, approximation.

Text: Combinatorial Optimization, by Papadimitriou and Steiglitz, Dover, 1998

Prerequisite: Linear Algebra (MATH 46 or 54) and Algorithms (COMP 160)


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