Operations Research II

The course focuses on advanced topics and methods from the area of operations research. It briefly summarizes the fundamentals of operations research and typical problems solved in this domain. It sums up the simplex algorithm, linear programming, problems with bound variables, and multiobjective problems. Next, it focuses on integer programming, which is an important method for assignment problems. The branch and bound algorithm, the cutting plane method, and network models for integer programming are discussed. Finally, the applications of bio-inspired and stochastic methods (evolutionary computation, swarm intelligence) in operations research with the focus on transportation and assignment problems are presented.