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Optimization for Chemical Engineers: CHE 4G3

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Course outline Supplementary readings Self-paced software tutorials Copyright and other legal stuff Comments, questions, feedback? Don't wait for official course evaluations. Announcements (previous ones) 25 Mar: if anyone is hitting into the upper constraint of the free GAMS version, you can solve your larger problem, for free, on the NEOS server (click on the link "Submit a job to NEOS"). 03 Apr: some practice questions for the final exam are being added to the document below. Treat this as a final (ungraded) assignment, since it contains questions on the materials recently covered in class. 10 Apr: please submit your project reports at this link: http://yint.org/4G3-project. 12 Apr: looking ahead at my schedule for this week, I'm not likely to get around to grading the project reports until at least 14 April. Feel free to submit your project by 14 April, 16:00, at http://yint.org/4G3-project.

Notes for 2015 class Course outline and course overview Linear optimization problems Non-linear optimization problems Mixed-integer linear problems Suggested readings (use this to read ahead if you are in the 2015 class)

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Assignments and tutorials: Tutorial 1 Assignment 1/Tutorial 2 and the solution Assignment 2/Tutorial 3 and the solution Assignment 3/Tutorial 4 and the solution Assignment 4/Tutorial 5 and the solution Assignment 5/Tutorial 6 and the solution Assignment 6/Tutorial 7 and the solution Assignment 7/Tutorial 8 and the solution How to submit an assignment electronically Tests, exams and project Midterm Optimization project Final exam Practice questions for tests and exams