Foundations of Operations Research

Master of Science in Computer / Telecommunication Engineering, first semester 2019/20

Lectures and exercises: Edoardo Amaldi

Computer laboratory sessions: Riccardo Cantoni and Tommaso Schettini


Schedule of lectures and exercises:

Tuesday 10.15-12.15 Room 9.0.1
Wednesday 10.15-12.15 Room B.2.4

Computer laboratory sessions: Friday from 8.30-14.15 Room 26.14
The students will be subdivided into 3 teams, according to the time slots 8.15-10.15, 10.15-12.15 and 12.15-14.15.
Two meetings in class (90 minutes each): second one on Friday December 6
Three computer laboratory home assignments.
All information and material for computer labs is avaialble on BeeP.


Office hours: After each lecture or by appointment


Information concerning the June 2020 exam calls

Information sheet


Information concerning the written exams (pre-Covid-19 emergency)

As mentioned in the official program and several times from the beginning of the course, the written exam covers all the material presented in the lectures, the sessions devoted to the exercises, and the computer laboratory sessions and assignments.

The exam consists of 5 questions aimed at evaluating the level of (applying) knowledge and understanding of the main concepts, models, results and methods covered in the course as specified in the expected learning outcomes.

Specifically, the exam includes one question on graph optimization, one on Linear Programming, one on Integer Linear Programming, one on the knowledge acquired during the computer lab activities (AMPL syntax and solver's output interpretation for Linear Programs), and one on modeling. The first 4 questions are closed book (without course material) while the last modeling question is open book (course material and/or a summary is allowed but it is not needed).

Remember that a number of old exam questions are available from the course material webpage.

Students are invited to take the written exam when they are well prepared.


Course program and related information

Teaching material for the lectures and exercises

Some interesting links