這是一門應用導向的課程，內容涵蓋在決策時建立大規模系統的模型，以及運用最新最佳化工具得到最佳化系統。應用領域有：交通和物流規劃、模式識別、圖像處理，資料探勘(資料採礦)、結構設計，大系統排程、供應鏈管理、金融工程和電信系統規劃。模型建立工具和方法涵蓋線性、網路、離散和非線性最佳化，啟發式方法，靈敏度分析，事後最佳化分析，大規模系統的分解方法和隨機最佳化。

An applications-oriented course on the modeling of large-scale systems in decision-making domains and the optimization of such systems using state-of-the-art optimization tools. Application domains include: transportation and logistics planning, pattern classification and image processing, data mining, design of structures, scheduling in large systems, supply-chain management, financial engineering, and telecommunications systems planning. Modeling tools and techniques include linear, network, discrete and nonlinear optimization, heuristic methods, sensitivity and post-optimality analysis, decomposition methods for large-scale systems, and stochastic optimization.