Check back here weekly as we go along, ...
Last updated on Tuesday Jan 13, 2003
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Week 1: Jan 18, 20 |
- Topics: Linear programming: the simplex method, duality
- Reading Assignments:
- Lecture notes
- Also read the notes on NP-completeness and basic linear algebra
if you need the reminders
- Textbook: chapter 12, also read chapter 1.
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Week 2: Jan 25, 27 |
- Topics and Readings: Same as last week
- Jan 25: homework 1 out
- No class on Jan 27. I will be attending a DARPA meeting in Washington
DC.
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Week 3: Feb 01, 03 |
- Topics and readings: same as last week
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Week 4: Feb 08, 10 |
- Topics: LP-based approximation algorithms
- Readings:
- Lecture notes
- Textbook: Chapters 13, 14, 15
- Feb 08: homework 1 due
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Week 5: Feb 15, 17 |
- Topics and readings: same as last week
- Feb 15: homework 2 out
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Week 6: Feb 22, 24 |
- Topics: the primal-dual method, network design problems, facility
location, multicommodity flows, k-median
- Readings:
- Lecture notes
- Textbook: Chapters 18, 24, 25
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Week 7: Mar 01, 03 |
- Topics and Readings: same as last week
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Week 8: Mar 08, 10 |
- Topics and Readings: same as last week
- Mar 08: homework 2
due.
- Mar 10: midterm exam out
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Week 9: Mar 15, 17 |
- No class for this week. SPRING BREAK.
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Week 10: Mar 22, 24 |
- Topics: combinatorial methods for set cover, shortest superstring,
Steiner Tree and TSP
- Readings:
- Lecture notes
- Textbook: Chapters 2, 3
- Midterm exam due: Mar 22
- Mar 24: homework 3 out
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Week 11: Mar 29, 31 |
- Topics: Multiway cut and k-cut
- Readings:
- lecture notes
- Textbook: Chapter 4
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Week 12: Apr 05, 07 |
- Topics: Multiway cut and k-cut
- Readings:
- lecture notes
- Textbook: Chapter 5
- Apr 07: homework 3 due, homework 4 out
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Week 13: Apr 12, 14 |
- Topics: Bin packing and Minimum Makespan
- Readings:
- lecture notes
- Textbook: Chapter 9, 10
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Week 14: Apr 19, 21 |
- Topics: Euclidean TSP
- Readings:
- lecture notes
- Textbook: Chapter 11
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Week 15: Apr 26, 28 |
- Topics: Hardness of approximation
- Readings:
- lecture notes
- Textbook: Chapter 29
- Apr 26: homework 4 due
- Apr 28: final exam
out
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Final Exam Week: May 02- May 12 |
- May 05: final exam
due at NOON. Submit it in my office!
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