Labs

This page contains information about and a schedule of the lab assignments for the semester.

General Information

  • You can download each lab notebook through the link below.
  • Submit assignments by 9:00pm Eastern Time on the due date on Gradescope.
  • Submissions must be PDFs. Make sure that you tag the pages corresponding to each question; points will be deducted otherwise.
  • To convert the assignment notebook to PDF, you can use VS Code to render the notebook to HTML, and then use your browser to print to PDF. If you have set up LaTeX with VS Code, you can convert directly to a PDF.

Grading

Labs are graded on a scale of 0-2 on the basis of effort towards demonstrated work, rather than absolute correctness or completion (see the syllabus). No labs are dropped by default. Lab worksheets are due by 9:00pm on the day after the lab.

Schedule

Lab Instructions Solutions Due Date
Lab 1: Discretization and Convergence (Sep. 21) Sep. 21, 2026
Lab 2: Linear Programming with JuMP (Oct. 26)

Oct. 27, 2026
Lab 3: Fixed Costs and Facility Siting (Nov. 11)

Nov. 12, 2026
Lab 4: Scenario Trees and Sequential Decisions (Nov. 23)

Nov. 24, 2026

Instructions and solutions are linked as each lab is released.