STAT0025 Optimisation and Operations Research

Module description

This module aims to give an introduction to optimisation and its role in operations research, which is the efficient allocation of resources toward some end. It covers formulation of deterministic and random models and methods for making decisions within them.

Further details are available in the STAT0025 UCL Module Catalogue entry.

Prerequisite knowledge

STAT0025 is primarily intended for students within the Department of Statistical Science (including the MASS programmes). The academic prerequisite for these students, in addition to their (other) compulsory modules, is STAT0007 (UG) or an equivalent undergraduate introductory module in applied probability (PGT).

For outside students, the same module alone is considered a sufficient prerequisite, i.e. STAT0007

Registration process

STAT0025 is offered as an elective. Prospective elective students who have taken the prerequisite module listed above should simply register for STAT0025 on Portico and await a decision. Prospective elective students who have taken courses equivalent to the listed module must additionally consult a member of staff in the Department of Statistical Science.

• Consultation request form

This webpage part of a guide to modules offered by the Department of Statistical Science that are available to students registered in other UCL departments and should be read in conjunction with the general information on the front page of the guide.