Spring 2027

Dynamic Programming and Associated Topics

General and special techniques of dynamic programming developed by means of examples. Shortest-path algorithms. Deterministic equipment replacement models. Resource allocation problem. Traveling-salesman problem. Knapsack problem. Analysis of inventory systems. General stochastic formulations. Markovian decision processes. Students are strongly encouraged to have knowledge of mathematical optimization (e.g.,COMP SCI/​I SY E/​MATH/​STAT  525,I SY E 623,COMP SCI/​I SY E/​MATH/​STAT  726), knowledge of analysis (e.g.,MATH/​STAT  431or521) and programming ability (e.g.,COMP SCI 200or 301)

no offering record for this termCredits unavailable
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

1 / 4

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.89 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify basic components, such as the state space, of a dynamic program

  • Formulate and solve dynamic programs under different performance criteria such as finite horizon discounted reward/cost criteria

  • Apply dynamic programming tools and concepts in `traditional' industrial engineering applications such as supply chain, manufacturing, and healthcare

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

Grade history

↗
average GPA
letter grades
A
AB
B
BC
C
D
F

All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors

Prerequisites

Course map

Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
COMPSCI/ISYE 723

This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.

Prerequisite text tree
  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

Schedule loads here as you scroll.

SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections.

Meeting source records
Download part 1

Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.89 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

No workload feedback recorded.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

A
AB
B
BC
C
D
F

Grades over time

Through Fall 2025

More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data

Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.

Download part 1
Selected offering source records

No offering records for the selected term.

Raw records 
[]
Rate My Professors

Student reviews

Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.

Read original reviews

No records available.

Madgrades

Grade history

Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.

Explore recorded grades
Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

View the dataset on Hugging Face
Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
Download part 1
Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

Download part 1
Model & dataset provenance 
{
  "model": "Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B",
  "model_revision": "1d4bf0f2ff6012fd82039f2fa52739d0dd7c60c0",
  "task_version": "17",
  "output_id": "8ac149a78d374293dc09e4fd689330cd4b3d0565cb5efd7182b24ac2f42a7efd",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
}