Project proposal information

The project proposal for the first project needs to be written after at least two of your group, together, have met with Dr. Conroy to discuss your project idea. Once Dr. Conroy has said that your project idea is in the right form for an actual project (i.e., Dr. Conroy says, "Sounds good!" or words to that affect), you need to write up the project proposal and give it to Dr. Conroy by the deadline (see class website or syllabus).

The proposal is an opportunity to make sure that everyone in your group agrees on what the project will be. Each group should submit one proposal.

The project proposal is a short summary of what it is you plan to do for your project. It should include:

• A description, in words, of the problem you will be solving. Examples include:
  • We will determine the best european trip for our group members.
  • Can you eat healthfully for less than ten dollars per day? We aim to find out.
  • In this project, we will look at the problem of creating the best badminton team.
• A brief description of how you will solve the problem with an LP. You should include:
  • A description of the objective function. You may want to introduce variables to make this easier to describe, but you do not have to.
  • A description of the constraints you except to include. These to not have to be explicit; a general description is okay. For example, you might say things like "there will be a constraint to make sure we don't eat too much sodium", "there will be a constraint to prevent sub-cycles in our path", "there will be constraints to make sure that we get enough players for each of the required positions".

The proposal is almost always less than one page long.