Course Catalog - 2007-2008

     

CAAM 474 - COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION

Long Title: COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION
Department: *Computational & Applied Math*
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAAM 378 OR CAAM 464 or permission of instructor
Description: General theory and approaches for solving combinatorial optimization problems are studied. Specific topics include basic polyhedral theory, minimum spanning tress, shortest paths, network flow, matching and matroids. The course also cover the traveling salesman problem.