This MIT subject includes a full 500+ page online textbook, Urban Operations Research, by Profs. Richard C. Larson and Amedeo R. Odoni. While that book was published in 1981, most of the material is still current and is referenced in the course reading assignments. To augment the book and to bring it up to date where necessary, there are lectures handouts, available here as PDF files. Interactive color animations bring to life some of the most interesting applied probability problems in Chapter Three of the book. These, too, are referenced in the reading assignments.

Quantitative techniques of Operations Research with emphasis on applications in transportation systems analysis (urban, air, ocean, highway, pick-up and delivery systems) and in the planning and design of logistically oriented urban service systems (e.g., fire and police departments, emergency medical services, emergency repair services). Unified study of functions of random variables, geometrical probability, multi-server queueing theory, spatial location theory, network analysis and graph theory, and relevant methods of simulation. Discussion of implementation difficulties.