The general methodological approach of the subject is based on the principle of multiple strategies, so it is intended to facilitate active participation and the construction of the learning process by the student. For this purpose, teaching activities will be organized as magisterial sessions with the whole group, and practical sessions and follow-up of the student work with reduced groups.

Teaching will be offered on campus.

Specifically, the teaching activities included in this subject are the following:

• Theory lectures: Presentation and discussion of the fundamental concepts of the subject (whole group).
• Problem sessions: Resolution and discussion of exercises aimed to consolidate the theoretical concepts of the subject (whole group).
• Practise sessions. Basically, introductory sessions will be held to:
• OPL mathematical programming environment.
• Constraint Programming Library of ILOG CP.

These activities will be carried out in small groups. It is recommended to attend all the practical sessions in order to be able to pass the validation exam of the practical part.

Use of AI

This subject recognises the growing use of generative artificial intelligence as a support tool, and therefore its use is admitted in a limited way. To all intents and purposes, the use of these tools will only be accepted to improve formal aspects of papers, such as writing, style, expository clarity, linguistic correctness or translation, and to obtain occasional assistance in technical aspects. It is not acceptable to use generative artificial intelligence tools to generate the content of assessed work, such as methodological approaches, designs, experiments, analysis or interpretation of results, elaboration of ideas, or formulation of conclusions. These tasks must be carried out entirely by the student, as they constitute the essential part of the intellectual and creative work required to pass the subject. Students will have to explicitly indicate, in each of the deliverables, whether generative artificial intelligence tools have been used, specifying which ones have been used, for what purpose and to what degree. Irresponsible, excessive or unnecessary use of these tools may have a negative impact on the final grade of the subject. The detection of undeclared or inappropriate use of these tools may lead to failure of the subject.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

The single assessment system is not foreseen in this subject.

a) Scheduled evaluation process and activities

The evaluation consists of the following activities:

• Submission of practical exercises (40%): A set of individual practical exercises to be submitted on the specified dates.
• Examination validating the practical component (20%): Intended to assess whether the student has acquired sufficient knowledge of the optimization tools introduced in the course.
• Theory examination (40%): An examination covering the theoretical content of the course.

Please note that the practical component is not recoverable. Therefore, obtaining a grade below 4 out of 10 in this component will preclude passing the course. Any practical assignment not submitted by the established deadline will not be assessed (except in duly justified cases, in which the maximum grade will be 5). To be eligible for assessment, all practical assignments must be submitted.

b) Programming evaluation activities

The schedule for regular evaluation activities will be published on the Virtual Campus at the beginning of the semester. Retake dates will be announced in the examination section of the School of Engineering website.

c) Retaking process

According to the UAB Academic Regulations, to be eligible for the resit of a failed assessment, the student must have previously been assessed in activities whose combined weight is at least two thirds of the total grade for the course or module.

Practice work can't be retaken and must be submitted within the specified due dates.

d) Procedure to review qualifications

For each evaluation activity, a date, time, and place will be specified for students to review their work with the instructor. The faculty member responsible for the course will consider any appeals regarding the assigned grade. Appeals must be submitted on the specified date; no reviews will be conducted thereafter.

e) Qualifications

The final grade is calculated as follows:

FINAL mark = CE1 x 0,4 + CE2 x 0,2 + CE3 x 0,4

CE1: Grade for the practicals. Each practical averages the same weight in the calculation of CE1. CE1 must be greater or equal to 4

CE2: Examination validation practical part. CE2 must be greater or equal to 4

CE3: Theory exam. CE2 must be greater or equal to 4

If any evaluation component (CE1 or CE3) is below 4, or CE2 is below 5, the final grade will be recorded as Fail (4), regardless of the result obtained from the grading formula.

Awarding an honours mention (MH) is the decision of the lecturers responsible for the subject. UAB regulations state that MH may only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade of 9.00 or higher. Up to 5% of the total number of students enrolled may be awarded MH

A grade of Not Assessable (Not Submitted) will only be assigned if no assessable work is submitted during the course..

f) Irregularities by the student, copy and plagiarism

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, any irregularity committed by the student, which could lead to an alteration of the evaluation act, will be scored with a zero. Therefore, copying or allowing to copy a practice or any other activity spoiling the evaluation will imply failing with a zero, and if the activity is required to pass the subject, the whole course will be failed. The evaluation activities qualified in this way and by this procedure will not be recoverable, and therefore the subject will be failed directly without the opportunity to retaking it in the same academic year.

h) Evaluation of students retaking the whole subject

Those students retaking the whole subject will do the same assessment activities.