Modeling, Optimization, Decision and Organization (MODO) - Master's Year 2

Syllabus

Fundamental courses

  • Graphs and applications
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Modelling in Decision Aiding - Operational Research
  • Preference Modelling and Multiple Criteria Decision Making
  • Industrial and design models

Optional courses (choose 5)

Courses for the Decision stream

  • Decision under uncertainty and decision models
  • Multiobjective Optimization
  • Robustness in Operations Research and Decision Aiding
  • Algorithmic Decision Theory and Computational Social Choice
  • Problem structuring methods
  • Theory and practice of production scheduling
  • Programmation par contraintes et applications

Courses for the Combinatorial Optimisation stream

  • Complexity Theory
  • Structural and algorithmic graph theory
  • Approximation algorithms
  • Geometric Aspects of Discrete Optimization
  • Algorithmic games
  • Stochastic programming
  • Machine learning for optimization
  • Algorithms for continuous optimization
  • Exact algorithms for NP-complete and hard problems

Courses for the Organisation stream

  • Operations Research applied to environment and health systems (AgroParisTech)
  • Gouvernance d'entreprise et innovation responsable
  • Conception et dynamique des organisations (Ecole des Mines)

Major research workshop - 20 ETCS (choose 1)

  • Decision aiding : procedures, models and approaches
  • Artificial Intelligence and Decision
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Algorithms with performance guarantee
  • Modèles de gestion et dynamique des organisations (Ecole des Mines)

Minor research workshop - 10 ETCS (choose 2)

Research workshops for the Decision stream

  • Decision aiding : procedures, models and approaches
  • Artificial Intelligence and Decision

Research workshops for the Combinatorial Optimisation stream

  • Mathematical Programming
  • Algorithms with performance guarantee

Research workshops for the Organisation stream

  • Modèles de gestion et dynamique des organisations (Ecole des Mines)

Research Seminars

Academic Training Year 2025 - 2026 - subject to modification


Teaching Modalities

Detailed assessment methods are communicated at the beginning of the year.

The program is organized into two semesters, with each semester allowing students to earn 30 ECTS credits. The course units offered are either courses taught in the first semester or research workshops taken in the second semester.
The courses offered are 15-hour courses worth 3 ECTS credits. In addition to the core courses, the courses are divided into three lists for each of the three options. In each list, two courses are identified as compulsory.

In the first semester, students must take 10 courses divided as follows: In the second semester, students choose one major research workshop from among the workshops in their option (20 ECTS credits). They will complete their internship and master's thesis within this workshop. They also choose two minor research workshops from among the other workshops, within which they will complete a secondary thesis (2x5 ECTS).

  • 5 core courses
  • 2 compulsory courses specific to their option (the first two courses of each option)
  • 2 optional courses chosen from the list of courses for their option
  • 1 optional course chosen from among all the courses offered (including compulsory courses from other options)

Internships and Supervised Projects

The internship is five months in duration, and takes place from March to August. It takes place in a university or company research center and is the subject of the student’s thesis and oral defense.