Teaching and Advising

by L.N.Vaserstein

Fall of 2007

Math 484, Linear Programming .    
TR 9:45-11 322 Sacket, 11:15-12:30 p. 105 Osmond.
textbook: Introduction to Linear Programming,  Prentice Hall, 2003.
title page: ps | pdf ||  copyright page:  ps | pdf ||  contents&preface: ps | pdf ||
student's manual: ps | pdf ||  corrections in plain text |  
Use Reload or Refresh for most recent version.
outlines & grading policy (syllabus)   | integrity | sci integrity |
office hours:  TR  8-9:30 a.m.  215 McAllister Bldg
Perpetual homework
: do all exercises in the textbook (more complicated ones are solved in the manual).

Quiz 2
Sept 18-19    libraries  openhouse

Midterm 1  Oct 4 ch. 1-3.   Section 1|   sol      | Section 2 |  sol   .
To fit SEPTA into Transoptation Problem we assume that the passengers  are interchangable (widgets).
Midterm 2 Nov.8 ch. 4-6.  Sect. 1  | sol | sol |    James S   email  on Nov 10 Sect. 2 | sol: p.1 , p.2 ,  p.3 |
Midterm 3 Dec. 6 . Section 1 |   sol : word | pdfSection 2 | sol ||


Grades entered on Dec. 15:
Section 1, 27 grades:    WP, F, C, C+, B-, B-, B-,  ... .
Section 2, 40 grades:     WF,WF,WF,WF, WF, W,W,  F, F, F, D, D, D, C, C,, B-, B-,... .


 






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