Schedule

Weekly topics, readings, self-checks, and graded take-homes for Fall 2026.

Two sessions per teaching week (Mon + Wed, 2:20–3:35 PM). Click a week for its readings, self-checks, group practice, and graded take-home. Where a week offers Review slides, that is its lectures in one PDF with every slide fully revealed, plus a glossary and five questions to test yourself; use it to catch up or to revise. No class Mon Sep 7 (Labor Day) or the week of Thanksgiving (Nov 23–27), and our last meeting is Wed Dec 9.

The midterm is Wed Oct 21, covering Weeks 1–8; that session is reserved for setup and the exam. Setup begins at 2:20 PM, with the test planned for 2:40–3:10 PM. It is marked below. The cumulative final is in the Dec 14–18 examination period and covers Weeks 1–15. Exams has how both run.

Attendance and late work follow the 3-3-3 rule. The schedule can change in extenuating circumstances; any change is announced in class and on Canvas.

Wk Dates Topic Take-home Exam
1 Aug 24 / Aug 26 Week 1: Course introduction; Break-even & Math/Stats Review I · Review slides Take-home  
2 Aug 31 / Sep 2 Week 2: Math/Stats Review II: Probability & Expected Value · Review slides Take-home  
3 Sep 9 (Wed only. Labor Day) Week 3: Decision Making Under Uncertainty (criteria) · Review slides Take-home  
4 Sep 14 / Sep 16 Week 4: Decision Making Under Risk (EV, EOL, EVPI) · Review slides Take-home  
5 Sep 21 / Sep 23 Week 5: Decision Trees & Sequential Decisions · Review slides Take-home  
6 Sep 28 / Sep 30 Week 6: Additional Information: Bayesian Revision, EVSI & Utility · Review slides Take-home  
7 Oct 5 / Oct 7 Week 7: Linear Programming: Formulation & Graphical Solution · Review slides Take-home  
8 Oct 12 / Oct 14 Week 8: Linear Programming: Solver · Review slides Take-home  
9 Oct 19 / Oct 21 Week 9: LP Sensitivity Analysis & Shadow Prices · Review slides Take-home Midterm · Wed Oct 21
10 Oct 26 / Oct 28 Week 10: Transportation, Transshipment & Assignment · Review slides Take-home  
11 Nov 2 / Nov 4 Week 11: Multi-Criteria Decision Making & Goal Programming (TBD) Take-home  
12 Nov 9 / Nov 11 Week 12: Project Management: CPM & PERT (TBD) Take-home  
13 Nov 16 / Nov 18 Week 13: Forecasting I: Moving Average & Exponential Smoothing (TBD) Take-home  
14 break Week 14: Thanksgiving Break (no class)    
15 Nov 30 / Dec 2 Week 15: Forecasting II: Linear Trend & Regression (TBD) Take-home  
16 Dec 7 / Dec 9 Week 16: Review & Course Close (TBD)