Telephone:
Office: 512-245-3442 or 512-245-3409
Home: 512-472-3784

Internet Address: rs01@swt.edu 

Winston, W.L. Introduction to Mathematical Programming: Applications & Algorithms Duxbury Press (An Imprint of Wadsworth Publish Co.), 1995, ISBN 0-534-20971. (Note: The solutions to selected problems, is also available at the SWT Library Reserve Desk.) 

Prerequisites: College Algebra and a certain "mathematical maturity."

Course Average = (Sum of Exams) / Number of Exams

Attendance Policy: Attendance is required only on the exam dates. If there is to be any hope of excusing an absence from an exam, it must be excused before the exam.

• Do the homework problems as assigned. Do not wait until the week of an exam, trying to catch up. Please Note: Many of the homework problems have their solutions on file at the reserve desk in the Library.
• Do the reading assignments as they are given.
• Stay up, don't put off the work of this class. Though the temptation to procastinate will sometimes be great, be aware, the price can also be great.

I. Obtaining Your Computer Accounts

Please Note: If you have had an account but have not used it in two months or have not been registered for the previous term, you might need to following the procedure noted below, too.  If it does not work for you and your account is expirted, then you should go to the Ready Room (M/CS 262) and request that your account be reactivated. If you are new to the SWT computer systems, disregard this note and proceed.
 
Proceed to one of the following computer laboratories:

• C.S. Department Labs (DH 231, DH 325, or DH 235)
• Computing Services Microcomputer Labs (M/CS 366 or M/CS 363/364)
• Computing Services Microcomputer Lab (Above Commons Dining Hall)
Once at a computer:

 
This procedure should work in the Computer Science Department's labs (DH 325, DH 231 or DH 235) as well as the Computing Services labs (M/CS 363/364, M/CS 366, and the Commons Computer Lab). So once you are at a Windows/NT workstation:
 
Press: <Ctrl/Alt/Del> (all three buttons at the same time)
When the Logon window appears:
 
Type: terminal (in the "Username:" field)

Do not type: Anything in the "Password:" field

Make sure: The "Domain:" field reads: "COMPUTING"

Press: <Enter> or Click on: OK

Click on: Start (on the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen)

Click on: Nyssa Terminal
 

At the "Username:" prompt:
 
Type: newuser

Follow the prompts and be ready to give a password containing at least 8 characters and no blanks.
 

Please note:
• Make certain that the Caps Lock is off. The password for your Windows/NT account (discussed below) is case sensitive.
• Make a note of your account (e.g. AB12345). You will need it in the steps that follow.
• Remember your password.


Close this session (if it do not close automatically):
 

Type: lo
 
You are now ready to proceed to section II, below.

Please Note: Depending upon the load on the computer systems (e.g. several hundred folks trying this process the first day of class, there could be as much as a 30 minute wait for things to get setup so that this part can be done.

You will now log on to Windows/NT using your newly generated Windows/NT account. First:

Press: <Ctrl/Alt/Del> (all three buttons at the same time)

Type: your account and password (in the appropriate fields)

Click on: OK (button)
 
 

Click on: Start (button)

Move the cursor to: Programs
 

Move the cursor to: Netscape Communicator

Move the cursor to: Netscape Navigator

Click the left button of the mouse once.
 

Click on: File

Click on: Open Page...

Type: http://www.txstate.edu/cs/course/3348/matrix/

Click on: Open (make sure "Navigator" radio button is chosen)

Click on: MATRIX1.HTM

Click on: File

Click on: Print...

When the "Print" dialog box proceed as follows:

Click on: Simplex_MCS   (or Duplex_MCS, or HP Laserjet 5)

...

Click on: OK

Pick up in Ready Room (M/CC 262) -- Using last 2 digits of your account.

Also have a look at: http://www.txstate.edu/cs/course/3348/3348indx.htm