IIT KANPUR CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEM ANALYSIS SYLLABUS

 CE 442:  Civil Engineering Systems Analysis

Course content:  Introduction to the course and its importance; optimization methods: introduction, problem formulation, solution techniques for linear and integer problems, sensitive analysis; multi-objective optimization; introduction to non-linear problems, case studies from civil engineering. Introduction to non-traditional optimization methods Decision making in uncertain environment.

Suggested text and reference material: 

Hamdy A. Taha. Operations Research: An Introduction. McMillan

Richard de Neufville. Applied Systems Analysis. McGraw Hill