Department of Mathematics

Rex K. Kincaid, Professor

Mailing address

Department of Mathematics
College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795

Office
Jones Hall, 126
: (voice) 757-221-2038, (fax) 757-221-7400
Email: rrkinc [at] wm [dot] edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: 1-3 p.m. MW and by Appt.

Vitae vitae.pdf

Research Interests

Network Location Theory
Sensor/Actuator Placement
Simulation and Location Analysis
Molecular Optimization
On-Line Algorithms
Scale-Free Networks
nasa.pdf: slides for NASA talk
1990 aiport data
1995 aiport data
2001 aiport data
2002 aiport data


Courses for Fall 2007

Csci 628-01: Linear Programming (Syllabus)
Csci 628-01: Homework Assignments
LPbook: C code, java applets and other information
mm.pdf: slides for Mortimer Middleman Example
hmk7: Diet problem homework with AMPL
AMPL: online version of AMPL
maxflow.pdf: slides for max flow min cut theorem
maxflow2.pdf: slides for max flow min cut theorem
hmk11: testing LP codes on larger LPs.

Math 323-01: Intro. to OR: Deterministic Models (Syllabus)
Math 323-01: Homework Assignments
mm.pdf: slides for Mortimer Middleman Example
lindo.pdf: Instructions for LP solver LINDO
exam2key: Answer key for exam 2.
hmk7.pdf: Extra problems for homework 7.

Courses for Spring 2008

Csci 688-01: Scale-Free Networks (Syllabus)
Csci 688-01: Homework Assignments
Csci 688-01: Discussion Questions
Bacon Bits: The Oracle of Bacon at Virginia
socnetv: Network Visualization on Linux
LATDW: Towards a Theory of Scale-Free Graphs
Newman: The Structure and Function of Complex Networks
CLN (2007) empirical data: power law fit (Clauset et al.)
homework due 4/9/2008
LATDW: Router Optimization Model
2006 editorial Power Law Research Directions (Mitzenmacher)
U.S. air traffic network youtube video
FedEx air traffic youtube video

Math 104-03: Mathematics of Powered Flight (Syllabus)
Math 104-03: Homework Assignments
www.airnav.com: Airport Diagrams
hmk2.pdf: Homework 2 with software instructions
hmk3.pdf: Homework 3 due February 8.
VOR/OBI practice: Tim's Navigation site
magnetic variataion Geographical Survey of Canada
distances on globe Input Lat/Long
magnetic declination
world magnetic model
interactive compass NMP versus NP
mercator map projection
mercator map projection
mercator map projection
lambert conical map projection
lambert conical map projection
lambert conical map projection
Mt. Everest: high altitude physiology
Mt. Everest: teaching tools

Web Sites of Interest for linear programming

LINDO homepage
George Dantzig Biography
Linear Programming FAQ
Virtual Duality Constucts Dual of a Primal LP
CPLEX linear programming software by ILOG
AMPL math programming modeling language
Operations Research in the Boston Globe

Other Pages of Interest to Me

Graduate Studies in Computational Operations Research at William and Mary
Operations Research international home page
INFORMS --INstitute For Operations Research and Management Sciences
Daily Devotionals
Informs Computing Society
Location Analysis
What is Operations Research anyway?

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