Classes Taken Proposed Schedule for Proposed Schedule for

Fall 2010 Spring 2011

CEE 597 CPSC 440 CEE 599
Independent Study (4 credits) Applied Statistical Thesis Research (4,8 credits)
Methods I (audit?)
CEE 408 IE 310 CEE 410
RR Trans Engineering (4 credits) Operations Research Railway Signaling and Control
(audit?) (audit)
CEE 409 CEE 599 CEE 512
RR Track Engineering (4 credits) Thesis Research (4,8 Logistics Systems Analysis
credits) (audit)
CEE 536
Multiattribute Decision Making (4 credits)
CEE 598
High-Speed Rail Engineering (4 credits)
ACE 563 and 567
Mathematical Programming for Applied
Economics I and II (4 credits)
CEE 417
Urban Transportation Planning (audit)
CEE 599
Thesis Research (4 credits)

Total Credit Hours= 24 credits + 4 thesis credit

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS OF CLASSES

ACE 563 Mathematical Programming for Applied Economics I (2 credits)

Application of mathematical programming methods to discrete models in agricultural economics; Kuhn-

Tucker theorem, Lagrange multipliers, duality, simplex method as applied to linear and quadratic
programming, and input-output analysis models in agriculture. Prerequisite: MATH 124; one of MATH
220, MATH 221, MATH 234.

ACE 567 Mathematical Programming for Applied Economics II (2 credits)

Advanced mathematical programming methods with particular emphasis on applications in agricultural

and consumer economics. Covers nonlinear programming, sector modeling, risk modeling, and
methodological issues in mathematical programming modeling of agricultural systems. Prerequisite: ACE
563 or equivalent.
CEE 536 Multiattribute Decision Making (4 credits)

Tools for subjective multiple attribute decision making when present or future states of nature are
uncertain. Exploration of current research in developing computer aids to decision making. Iissues in
descriptive versus normative approaches in the context of the interface between operations research
and artificial intelligence. Multiattribute utility analysis from theoretical foundations through assessment
procedures, practice, and pitfalls of potential cognitive bases. Same as CEE 536. Prerequisite: GE 331 or
CEE 202.

CPSC 440 Applied Statistical Methods I (4 credits)

Statistical methods involving relationships between populations and samples; collection, organization,
and analysis of data; and techniques in testing hypotheses with an introduction to regression,
correlation, and analysis of variance limited to the completely randomized design and the randomized
complete-block design. Same as ABE 440, ANSC 440, FSHN 440, and NRES 440. Prerequisite: MATH 012
or equivalent. (We learn Statistical Analysis System in this class)

IE 310 Operations Research (4 credits)

Deterministic and stochastic models in operations research. Linear programming, integer programming,
network models and nonlinear programming, review of basic probability, Bernoulli processes, Markov
chains, Markov processes, and queuing theory. Credit is not given for both IE 310 and either CEE 201 or
GE 330. Prerequisite: IE 300; credit or concurrent registration in MATH 415.

CEE 512 Logistics Systems Analysis (4 credits)

Planning, design and operations of complex logistics systems: logistics costs; production, transportation
and distribution systems; lot-sizing; traveling salesman problem (TSP) and vehicle routing problem
(VRP); transshipments; facility location problem; supply chain management and inventory control; order
instability; analytical methods and practical solution techniques. Prerequisite: CEE 310 and IE 310.