Courses Master Display 2024-2025 DRAFT

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Course title Algorithms and Optimisation
Course code EBC4049
ECTS credits 6,5
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
2 28-10-2024 15-12-2024 X X
Level Advanced
Coordinator Lars Rohwedder
For more information: l.rohwedder@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
Students learn how to recognize NP-hard optimization problems, and to formulate them. Moreover, the students learn to select appropriate exact and/or heuristic methods to solve the problems.
Description
We introduce complexity theory. We discuss exact optimization algorithms as well as approximate algorithms for NP-hard problems. Students learn how standard techniques from mathematical programming, combinatorial optimisation, and heuristics and search methodologies work, and learn to read research articles and to give presentations on the subjects.
Literature
* L.A. Wolsey Integer Programming (2nd edition, 2021),
Edmund K. Burke and Graham Kendall (eds.) Search Methodologies, Springer, Boston, MA, 2014
* Various research articles
Prerequisites
This course is in transition for the master Business Research.
See the Master Education and Examination Regulations for more information.

The following rule applies to master Business Research students who started the programme prior to academic year 2024-2025.
TRANSITIONAL REGULATION (EBC4049):
The master Business Research has been discontinued.
Courses of the Business Research master’s programme will continue to be offered until and including academic year 2025-2026 with exam opportunities running until and including 2026-2027.


PREREQUISITES:
Game theory and Optimization (EBC4188)
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) PBL / Presentation / Lecture / Papers / Groupwork / Coaching
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Attendance / Presentation
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Master Business Research - No specialisation Transitional Regulation
Master Business Research - Operations Research Transitional Regulation
Master Econometrics and Operations Research Elective Course(s)
Master Economic and Financial Research - Econometrics Year 1 Core Course(s)
SBE Non Degree Courses Master Courses