Polyhedral Computation         Autumn 2010

Prof. David Avis                  Lecture summaries and links       Announcements                     Course home page



Prerequisite:

A basic knowledge of linear programming is assumed.


Assessment:


Grading Methods and Evaluation Criteria:      Deadlines posted on announcements page.

1. Each student will write up lecture notes for one lecture using latex template supplied here.(20%)
2. Students will write solutions to exercises given in class and posted on the lecture summaries page.(20%)
3. Each student will write a final report on an application chosen by the student, that uses methods taught in the course.(60%)


Topics:   Subject to revision.

The following topics are covered, each in one to three lectures.
1.Examples of polyhedral computation problems arising in various fields.
2.Basic problems in polyhedral computation.
3.Polyhedral problems solvable by linear programming.
4.The vertex enumeration problem and its relatives.
5.Algorithms for vertex enumeration.
6.Applications to game theory, triangulations, Voronoi diagrams, etc.
7.Connections with integer programming.




October 1, 2010