MA252
Term 2

Course Description

This module provides an introduction to combinatorial optimisation. Topics include linear programming and graph algorithms. See also the description in the Online handbook.

Lecturer

Name Office E-mail Phone Term 2 Office Hour
Diane Maclagan C2.26 Zeeman Building D.Maclagan at warwick.ac.uk (024) 7652 8333 Monday, 12:00

Teaching Assistants

Name E-mail
Tomasz Tkocz t (dot) tkocz (at) warwick.ac.uk
Josh Williams Joshua.Williams at warwick.ac.uk

Course Times and Location

You are expected to attend all lectures.

What Where When
Lecture MS.01 Monday 10:00
Lecture MS.01 Wednesday 10:00
Lecture L3 Friday 10:00
Problem Session CO_D1.07 Monday 11:00
Problem Session B3.03 Wednesday 9:00

Recommended Texts

The first of these is more relevant for the first part of the module, and the second for the second part. Both are available on 3-day loan in the library.

Some other useful books include:

Announcements

Review session: Monday 19th May, at 3pm in L3.
Office hours:
  • Wednesday 7/5, 5pm
  • Thursday 22/5, 4pm
  • Sunday, 1/6, 3pm.
The exam is Tuesday, 3 June at 2pm.

Assessment

There will be homework assigned every two weeks, on Thursdays at 2pm, which will be posted on the schedule webpage. This page will also have the plan for the coming weeks. Homework counts for 15% of your mark for this module.
Your final mark for this module will depend on your homework, and 85% on a two-hour examination in Term 3.