Before starting the assignment work

Before starting to work on the assignments, study and elaborate on the Introductory material and guides to optimization software.
Both assignments shall be performed in groups of three (or two) students.
The project groups will be randomised among the students in the course.

In each of the two assignments you shall
- formulate a suitable optimization model (or models) of the problem as described in the information sheet;
- solve the problem(s) modelled using a mathematical modelling software and an optimization solver (see Lecture 3);
- analyse the results from your elaborations according to the questions presented in the respective information sheet.
The mathematical optimization modeling software Julia/JuMP and some optimization solvers are presented in Lecture 3

Report writing and grading

To pass each assignment the group must write a self-contained report on the project work, in which you describe, discuss, and give satisfactory explanations to the issues presented in the respective assignment information.
- For each of the two assignments, each individual student must also write a few sentences about the collaboration in your group, as a comment to the teacher in the submission form.
Each assignment can give a maximum of one (1) bonus point for the written exam, according to the following:
- To obtain a bonus point from an assignment, the special requirements indicated for the assignment must be fulfilled and the written report and (when applicable) the opposition report must be of high quality.
- The individual collaboration reports, describing the distribution of the project work and the cooperation within the group, must also confirm the student’s contribution to the quality of the reports.

Report template

The report shall be written in English using this LaTeX template, and handed in as a PDF-file. The report should comprise at most six pages excluding figures.
The number of hours spent on assignment work shall be estimated and noted on the first page of the report.
You do not need to include any Julia code in the report.

Collaboration, peer review, and deadlines

You may discuss the assignments with other students. Each group must, however, hand in their own report and solution.
The report shall be submitted in Canvas and will be automatically checked for plagiarism via Ouriginal.
Each individual student shall also write a peer review to another group’s report on the second assignment.
Deadlines for the assignments and the peer review are found in the Course summary