Math087 - Mathematical Modelling - AY2025-2026 spring

Lectures

Date DOW Desc Seq Week Details
01/14 Wed Lecture 1 1 One dimensional optimization & sensitivity analysis
01/19 Mon Tufts 2 No classes: MLK Day
01/21 Wed Lecture 2 2 Multi-dimensional optimization; Lagrange
01/21 Wed Tufts 2 Academic Date: Last day to add a course
01/21 Wed Tufts 2 Tufts: Monday schedule
01/26 Mon Lecture 3 3 Lagrange continued; root finding via Newton’s method & variants
01/28 Wed Lecture 4 3 Types of optimization & linear programming
02/02 Mon Lecture 5 4 Duality & complementary slackness
02/04 Wed Lecture 6 4 Network flows
02/09 Mon Lecture 7 5 integer programming
02/11 Wed Lecture 8 5 Branch & Bound algorithms
02/16 Mon Tufts 6 No classes: Presidents’ Day
02/18 Wed Lecture 9 6 max flow & min cut
02/18 Wed Tufts 6 Academic Date: Last day to drop a course without record
02/23 Mon Lecture 10 7 graph models
02/25 Wed Lecture 11 7 Bipartite graphs & matching
03/02 Mon Lecture 12 8 Finite-state machines & Transition diagrams
03/04 Wed Lecture 13 8 Iteration matrices; eigenvectors & power iterations
03/09 Mon Lecture 14 9 Markov chains
03/11 Wed Lecture 15 9 statistics
03/14 Sat Tufts 9 No classes: Spring Break
03/15 Sun Tufts 9 No classes: Spring Break
03/16 Mon Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/17 Tue Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/18 Wed Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/19 Thu Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/20 Fri Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/21 Sat Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/22 Sun Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/23 Mon Lecture 16 11 the Central Limit Theorem
03/25 Wed Lecture 17 11 Monte-Carlo integration
03/30 Mon Lecture 18 12 Monte-Carlo simulation
04/01 Wed Lecture 19 12 Binomial & Poisson distributions
04/01 Wed Tufts 12 Academic Date: Last day to withdraw from a course with W
04/01 Wed Tufts 12 Academic Date: Last day to select Pass/Fail Option
04/06 Mon Lecture 20 13 Binomial & Poisson distributions
04/08 Wed Lecture 21 13 Linear least squares
04/13 Mon Lecture 22 14 Linear least squares
04/15 Wed Lecture 23 14
04/20 Mon Tufts 15 No classes: Patriots’ Day
04/22 Wed Lecture 24 15
04/27 Mon Lecture 25 16
04/28 Tue Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
04/29 Wed Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
04/30 Thu Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/01 Fri Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/01 Fri Tufts 16 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/02 Sat Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/02 Sat Tufts 16 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/03 Sun Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/03 Sun Tufts 16 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/04 Mon Tufts 17 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/04 Mon Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/05 Tue Tufts 17 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/05 Tue Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/06 Wed Tufts 17 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/06 Wed Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/07 Thu Tufts 17 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/07 Thu Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/08 Fri Tufts 17 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/08 Fri Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period