Economics 172A
|
NAME |
OFFICE |
HOURS |
|
Joel
SOBEL |
Econ
311 |
Tu 12:30-1:30, Th 9:50-10:50 |
|
Chulyoung KIM |
SH
224 |
Tu 9:30-10:30 |
|
Michael WITHERS |
SH 228 |
Wed 1-2 |
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Announcements
10-19: Lecture Notes for 10-21 posted below. (These were posted as the preliminary
version of 10-19 notes, if you printed them out before, donŐt do it again.)
10-19: 10-21 lecture
will use Excel information from VII in notes (posted below).
10-16: Important: Information about Exam
Seating Posted Below
10-12: Quiz 1 and answers posted below.
10-12: Quiz 1 available at sections.
10-12: Next batch of recommended problems:
Problem
Set 2: 2004: #2, #3; 2007: #2, #3; 2008: #1, #3
Midterm
2 2004: all; 2007: 5; 2008 (midterm 2) all.
Final
2004: 3, 5; 2008: 5,6
10-5: Next Quiz, Thursday October 21. (At one point in outline I
suggest that there would be a quiz on October 14. This is wrong.
Sorry.)
10-5: I posted corrected answers to
Problem Set 1, 2008 (the values for Problem 1, part e (iii and iv) were wrong.
10-5: Problems on current material:
Problem Set 2, 2004: #1, #4; 2007:
#1; 2008: #2.
Midterm 1, 2004: all; Midterm 2007:
1, 4; Midterm 1, 2008: 2
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Seating for Midterm
General
Information About Seating
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Lectures
9-23: Introduction and
Problem Formulation
9-28: Problem Formulation
and Graphing
9-30: Graphing and Duality
10-5: Duality and
Complementary Slackness
10-7: Complementary
Slackness Examples
10-12:
More Complementary
Slackness Examples and the Linear Production Problem
10-14:
Sensitivity
Analysis (updated 10-14)
10-19: Sensitivity Analysis
(updated 10-19 – essentially a subset of what had been posted)
10-21:
Sensitivity
Analysis Example (preliminary – previously posted as part of 10-19
notes)
Notes
I.
Introduction and
Problem Formulation (pdf)
II. Graphical Solutions
(pdf)
III.
A Simplex
Algorithm Example (pdf) (Extra Material: Not Covered
in Lectures or Examinations)
IV.
Using Excel to Solve Linear
Programming Problems (pdf)
Sample Spreadsheets:
Template(pdf); Solution(pdf); Sensitivity(pdf); Template in
Excel Format (xls)
V. ProblemTransformations (pdf) (Extra Material: Not Covered in
Lectures or Examinations)
VI. Duality and
Complementary Slackness (pdf)
VII. Sensitivity
Analysis (pdf)
Examples (xls)
VIII.
The Transportation
Problem (pdf)
Examples (xls)
IX.
Two-Person
Zero-Sum Game Theory (pdf) (Extra Material: Not
Covered in Lectures or Examinations)
X.
Integer Programming(pdf)
Supplementary Formulation Problems
and Solutions
Fall
2008 Homework and Solutions
Problem Set 1 Solutions(.pdf) Excel Information(.xls)
Problem Set 2
Excel Information for
Problem Set 2 (xls) Solutions(.pdf) Excel Spreadsheets(.xls)
Problem Set 3 Solutions(.pdf)
Fall
2007 Homework and Solutions
Problem Set 1 Problem Set 1
Answers Excel Information
Problem Set 2 Problem Set 2
Answers Excel Information
Problem Set 3 Problem Set 3
Answers Excel Information
Fall 2004 Homework and Solutions
Homework Assignment 1 (.pdf) Solutions(.pdf) Excel Information
(.xls)
Homework Assignment 2 (.pdf) Solutions(.pdf) Excel Information (.xls)
Homework Assignment 3 (.pdf) Solutions (.pdf) Excel Information (.xls)
Midterm
1(.pdf) Solutions to Midterm(.pdf)
Midterm
2(.pdf) Solutions to Midterm(.pdf) Excel Information (Problem 2) (.xls) Excel
Information (Form B) (.xls)
Final
Exam suggested
answers
Midterm(.pdf) Solutions to Midterm (.pdf) Excel Information (..xls)
Final
Exam, suggested answers
Fall 2004
Exams and Solutions
Midterm 1-A(.pdf) Midterm 1-B (.pdf) Solutions to Midterm 1 (.pdf)
Midterm 2-A(.pdf) Midterm 2-B(.pdf) Solutions to Midterm 2 (.pdf) Excel Spreadsheet(.xls)
Final Exam,
suggested answers, and an excel spreadsheet
Fall 2010
Quizzes, Exams, and Solutions