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Welcome to the course! This year it will be taught by:

Professor Arnold I. Barnett*
Professor Richard C. Larson
Professor Amedeo R. Odoni

[* Professor Barnett's participation in the teaching of the subject will be limited this year, due to a very heavy teaching load at the Sloan School.]

The teaching assistant for the course will be:

Claire Jia Ling Cizaire

The textbook will be:

Larson, Richard C., and Amedeo R. Odoni. Urban Operations Research. Belmont, MA: Dynamic Ideas, 2007. ISBN: 0975914634.

The old edition of the textbook (Prentice Hall, 1981) is available online.

The course will be graded on the basis of two class quizzes and approximately six problem sets. Homework counts for approximately one-third of your final grade. Moreover, doing the homework is essential preparation for the quizzes.