Networks and Decision Mathematics
Students represent real-world problems as graphs and apply algorithms for shortest paths, minimum spanning trees, and project scheduling.
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Students represent real-world problems as graphs and apply algorithms for shortest paths, minimum spanning trees, and project scheduling.
Key Questions
- Which everyday problems become tractable once we see them as networks?
- How does the choice of algorithm affect the answer we reach for shortest path or scheduling?
- What assumptions does a network model hide, and when do they break?
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