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Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026

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. 

Prerequisite or Corequisite: none.

When Offered: SPRING TERM ANNUALLY

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 3