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Rensselaer Catalog 2018-2019 
    
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CIVL 4570 - System Modeling for Civil and Environmental Engineering


This course is an applications-oriented course covering basic analytical tools for modeling and optimization of large-scale civil and environmental engineering systems. Application domains that will be discussed include: scheduling in large systems, construction management, multi-purpose reservoir operation, transportation and logistics planning,  as well as other civil and environmental engineering systems. An overview of different optimization techniques, with a particular focus on network flow problems and introductory stochastic analysis will be provided. Software to solve these problems will be used throughout the course. 

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: junior status.
 

When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.



Credit Hours: 3



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