IE 4515 — Operations Research
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: TBostonTraditional
Introduces deterministic models including linear programming; duality and postoptimality analysis; transportation and assignment problems; and network flow problems such as the shortest path, minimum spanning tree, and maximum flow.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- MATH 2341 (min D-)
- MATH 315M
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 30 | 46 | 65% | 16.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 33 | 42 | 79% | 9.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 25 | 48 | 52% | 23.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 24 | 48 | 50% | 24.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 43 | 46 | 93% | 3.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 34 | 40 | 85% | 6.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 23% · T 51% · W 0% · Th 13% · F 31%
Common patterns: T (34% of sections), M (23% of sections), TF (17% of sections), F (13% of sections), R (13% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Jinxiang Pei (44% of students) · reviews
- Cesar Martinez (31% of students) · reviews
- Mehdi Behroozi (26% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Jinxiang Pei (37% of students) · reviews
- Cesar Martinez (36% of students) · reviews
- Jacqueline Griffin (26% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
DADS 5200, IE 4525, IE 5200, IE 5390, IE 5400, IE 5500, MEIE 4702
Courses that list IE 4515 in their prerequisites.
Links
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