Lecture: Computational Progress in Optimization
Dr. Irv Lustig, Manager of Technical Services at ILOG Direct will deliver the final lecture in the Spring 2006 Operations Research / Management Science Seminar series.
Title: Computational Progress in Optimization
Abstract: The past 15 years have seen an explosive growth in the number of applications of linear and integer programming. The evolution of powerful algorithms for solving these problems--together with ever more powerful computers--has brought the application of optimization to the desktop. I will describe the computational state-of-the-art in optimization and the key advances that have led to a tremendous increase in solving power. The result of this increased power is that many problems once considered unsolvable are now solvable, often in a matter of minutes.
This series is organized by the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter. Support for this series is provided by the Isenberg School of Management, the Department of Finance and Operations Management, and the John F. Smith Memorial Fund.
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