NCSU GIS 714:
Geospatial Computing and Simulations

8. Networks and optimization

8. Networks

Outline:
  • optimization concepts
  • networks: mathematical foundations, graph theory
  • simulated annealing and genetic algorithms
  • applications: routing, pandemic spread modeling
  • open source tools

Lecture

Slides Supplemental materials:

Assignment part 8

Design trail or sampling scheduling and routing plan, run pandemic simulations
  • TBA

Optional

Write code for optimization of labels using simulated annealing

Homework 5

Write a paper about what you have learned - use your judgement to select what you will write about, but the structure should follow a short scientific publication - see e.g. IEEE GRSL