Optimisation 2008

(Please note that the information on this page may be changed during the course. Visit this page regularly to look for possible updates.)

News:

21/10 Exam 21 October (pdf) and preliminary solutions (pdf) .
17/10 Solutions for Seminar 7, October 17 (pdf).
12/10 Preliminary list of problems to be considered during Seminar 4, October 17 (pdf)
11/10 OH-slides for Lecture 13, October 13 (pdf).
11/10 Solutions for Seminar 3, October 9 & 10 (pdf).
10/10 List of questions about theory supplemented with more page references (pdf).
8/10 OH-slides for Lecture 12, October 8 (pdf).
5/10 List of problems to be considered during Seminar 3, October 9 and October 10 (pdf)
5/10 Preliminary OH-slides for Lecture 11, October 6 (pdf).
5/10 Solutions for Seminar 2, October 3 (pdf).
3/10 Some comments about the treatment of Simplex in the course Simulering & Optimering (pdf).
3/10 OH-slides for Lecture 10, October 1 (pdf).
28/9 List of problems to be considered during Seminar 2, October 3 (pdf)
28/9 Preliminary OH-slides for Lecture 9, September 29 (pdf).
25/9 Preliminary solutions for Seminar 1, September 26 (pdf). (Unfortunately a rather large file.)
25/9 Seminariet den 10/10 kommer på grund av kollision med föreläsning i Reglerteknik att flyttas
till torsdagen den 9/10 kl 10-12 i M:A. Eventuellt kommer det även att ges på fredagen.
21/9 Preliminary OH-slides for Lecture 8, September 24 (pdf).
19/9 Preliminary OH-slides for Lecture 7, September 22 (pdf).
14/9 Preliminary OH-slides for Lecture 6, September 17 (pdf).
14/9 List of problems to be considered during Seminar 1, September 26 (pdf)
15/9 (New version of) OH-slides for Lecture 5, September 15 (pdf)
14/9 Registration lists for Computer Session 1 are now up on the Notice Board
The course starts on Monday September 1, at 08:15 in MA:5.
The labtimes are:
Lab 1: Mo 22/9 13-15 (MH:140 and MH:144), Th 25/9 8-10 (MH:140) and Th 25/9 15-17 (MH:140 and MH:144)
Lab 2: Mo 6/10 13-15 (MH:140 and MH:144), Th 9/10 8-10 (MH:140) and Th 9/10 15-17 (MH:140 and MH:144)
Seminars are in weeks 4,5,6,7 on Fridays at 15-17 in MA:5.

Laboratory Exercises:

Lab1. Instruction for the Lab 1 (Postscript or Pdf). The MATLAB files needed are packed in

for UNIX system lab1.tar (see the instruction how to deal with it).
for PC/Windows you should download Zipped version).
Unzip it by clicking on it with the right mouse button and choosing 7zip.

Lab2. Instruction for the Lab 2 (Postscript or Pdf). The MATLAB files needed are packed in

for UNIX system lab2.tar (see the instruction how to deal with it).
for PC/Windows you should download Zipped version).
Unzip it by clicking on it with the right mouse button and choosing 7zip.

Extra Material:

Repetition (Postscript or Pdf)

Assignment (to be accomplished and approved by November 21):

Instruction for the assignment (Postscript or Pdf)
The MATLAB files needed:

Alternative 1: phi1.m, phi2.m, data1.m and data2.m
Alternative 2: grad.m and rosenbrock.m

Preliminary Date for Written Examination:

October 21, 14.00-19.00 in MA9:C-E.

Some Related Links:

A good course by Stephen Boyd at Stanford University (with lecture notes and applications).
Last year's course.

Anders Holst