IE5285
IE 5285 - Engineering the Allocation of Public Resources (4 Cr.)
Industrial and Systems Engineering (11138)
TIOT - College of Science and Engineering
IE 5285 - Engineering the Allocation of Public Resources (4 Cr.)
Course description
This course takes an in-depth look at policies governing the allocation of public resources. We
will take an engineering perspective, first defining desirable properties (such as efficiency,
incentive compatibility, and fairness) and then studying how to design systems with these
properties. We will cover static matching algorithms (deferred acceptance, top trading cycles,
and quota and reserve systems) as well as dynamic waiting lists and lotteries.
Applications covered will include the allocation of public school seats, immigrant and non-
immigrant visas, civil service positions, organs from living and deceased donors, affordable
housing, and permits for hiking, hunting and fishing.
prerequisites: CSE upper div or instructor consent
will take an engineering perspective, first defining desirable properties (such as efficiency,
incentive compatibility, and fairness) and then studying how to design systems with these
properties. We will cover static matching algorithms (deferred acceptance, top trading cycles,
and quota and reserve systems) as well as dynamic waiting lists and lotteries.
Applications covered will include the allocation of public school seats, immigrant and non-
immigrant visas, civil service positions, organs from living and deceased donors, affordable
housing, and permits for hiking, hunting and fishing.
prerequisites: CSE upper div or instructor consent
Minimum credits
4
Maximum credits
4
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Every Spring