Math087 - Mathematical Modelling - AY2024-2025 spring

Course Calendar

Date DOW Desc Seq Week Details
01/15 Wed Meeting Office hours 0 1 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
01/15 Wed Lecture 1 1 One dimensional optimization & sensitivity analysis
01/16 Thu Meeting Office hours 0 1 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
01/17 Fri Assignment 1 no assignment collected
01/20 Mon Tufts 2 No classes: MLK Day
01/22 Wed Meeting Office hours 1 2 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
01/22 Wed Lecture 2 2 Multi-dimensional optimization; Lagrange
01/22 Wed Tufts 2 Academic Date: Last day to add a course
01/23 Thu Meeting Office hours 1 2 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
01/24 Fri Assignment 2 PS01: Optimization
01/27 Mon Lecture 3 3 Lagrange continued; root finding via Newton’s method & variants
01/29 Wed Meeting Office hours 2 3 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
01/29 Wed Lecture 4 3 Types of optimization & linear programming
01/30 Thu Meeting Office hours 2 3 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
01/31 Fri Assignment 3 PS02: Linear programming
02/03 Mon Lecture 5 4 Network flows
02/05 Wed Meeting Office hours 3 4 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/05 Wed Lecture 6 4 Duality & complementary slackness
02/06 Thu Meeting Office hours 3 4 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
02/07 Fri Assignment 4 PS03: Dual linear programs
02/10 Mon Lecture 7 5 Dual prices
02/12 Wed Meeting Office hours 4 5 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/12 Wed Lecture 8 5 integer programming
02/13 Thu Meeting Office hours 4 5 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
02/14 Fri Assignment 5 midterm report 1 (linear programming)
02/17 Mon Tufts 6 No classes: Presidents’ Day
02/19 Wed Meeting Office hours 5 6 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/19 Wed Lecture 9 6 Branch & Bound algorithms
02/19 Wed Tufts 6 Academic Date: Last day to drop a course without record
02/20 Thu Meeting Office hours 5 6 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
02/20 Thu Lecture 10 6 Graph models
02/20 Thu Tufts 6 Tufts: Monday schedule
02/21 Fri Assignment 6 PS04: integer programming & max flow
02/24 Mon Lecture 11 7 max flow & min cut
02/26 Wed Meeting Office hours 6 7 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/26 Wed Lecture 12 7 Bipartite graphs & matching
02/26 Wed Exam 7 in-class quizzes (~20-30 minute)
02/27 Thu Meeting Office hours 6 7 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
02/28 Fri Assignment 7 PS05: matching and finite-state machines
03/03 Mon Lecture 13 8 Finite-state machines & Transition diagrams
03/05 Wed Meeting Office hours 7 8 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/05 Wed Lecture 14 8 Iteration matrices; eigenvectors & power iterations
03/06 Thu Meeting Office hours 7 8 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
03/07 Fri Assignment 8 PS06: eigenvalues & Markov processes
03/10 Mon Lecture 15 9 Markov chains
03/12 Wed Meeting Office hours 8 9 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/12 Wed Lecture 16 9 statistics
03/13 Thu Meeting Office hours 8 9 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
03/14 Fri Assignment 9 midterm report 2 (page-rank)
03/15 Sat Tufts 9 No classes: Spring Break
03/16 Sun Tufts 9 No classes: Spring Break
03/17 Mon Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/18 Tue Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/19 Wed Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/20 Thu Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/21 Fri Assignment 10 (no homework – spring break)
03/21 Fri Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/22 Sat Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/23 Sun Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/24 Mon Lecture 17 11 the Central Limit Theorem
03/26 Wed Meeting Office hours 9 11 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/26 Wed Lecture 18 11 Monte-Carlo integration
03/27 Thu Meeting Office hours 9 11 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
03/28 Fri Assignment 11 PS07: Monte-Carlo methods
03/31 Mon Lecture 19 12 Monte-Carlo simulation
04/02 Wed Meeting Office hours 10 12 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/02 Wed Lecture 20 12 Binomial & Poisson distributions
04/02 Wed Exam 12 in-class quizzes (~20-30 minute)
04/02 Wed Tufts 12 Academic Date: Last day to withdraw from a course with W
04/02 Wed Tufts 12 Academic Date: Last day to select Pass/Fail Option
04/03 Thu Meeting Office hours 10 12 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
04/04 Fri Assignment 12 PS08: binomial & poisson distributions
04/04 Fri Assignment 12 Final project proposals due
04/07 Mon Lecture 21 13 Binomial & Poisson distributions
04/09 Wed Meeting Office hours 11 13 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/09 Wed Lecture 22 13 Linear least squares
04/10 Thu Meeting Office hours 11 13 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
04/11 Fri Assignment 13 PS09: least squares & inverse problems
04/14 Mon Lecture 23 14 Linear least squares
04/16 Wed Meeting Office hours 12 14 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/16 Wed Lecture 24 14
04/17 Thu Meeting Office hours 12 14 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
04/18 Fri Assignment 14
04/21 Mon Tufts 15 No classes: Patriots’ Day
04/23 Wed Meeting Office hours 13 15 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/23 Wed Lecture 25 15
04/24 Thu Meeting Office hours 13 15 **14:30-15:30 JCC 559
04/25 Fri Assignment 15
04/28 Mon Lecture 26 16
04/29 Tue Tufts 16 No classes: Makeup Day (no classes)
04/29 Tue Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
04/30 Wed Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/01 Thu Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/02 Fri Tufts 16 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/03 Sat Assignment 16 Final Project Due
05/03 Sat Tufts 16 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/04 Sun Tufts 16 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/05 Mon Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/06 Tue Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/07 Wed Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/08 Thu Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/09 Fri Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period