Optimization 2011º

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Last change on December 21

Course contents (general info)

Basic course info (who, where and when)

Course program (what)

Formula sheet in pdf
The list of theoretical questions for the exam (pdf)

News:

The exam with solutions.
Question hours: Thursday 13:15 - 15:00, Friday 13:15 - 15:00, Monday 10:30-12:00. We meet near MH:333.
Old exams can be found here and here.
Examination is on December 20 at 8 a.m. (see below for the place). You can use a formula sheet and a calculator during the exam.
Names that are missing in the pass list for Lab 2. Check it out!
Extra time for Lab 2.
The schedule for Lab 2 is ready. Sign-up lists are on the LTH Matematik announcement board.
The course starts on Monday, October 24, at 08:15 in MH:B.

Two Laboratory Exercises:

Lab 1: Instruction for Lab 1 (pdf) and the m-file (lab1.m). In case the file is not working, try this one.
Lab2: Instruction for Lab 2 (pdf) and the m-file (lab2.m).

Assignment (by January 31, 2012):

Instruction for the mini-project. The files needed:

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

Extra Material:

Examination on December 20, 8am-1pm:

Pi program	MH:309A+B (40 sits)
All others	Sparta D+C (88 sits)

Some Related Links:

A good course of Stephen Boyd at Stanford University (with lecture notes and applications).
MATLAB Tutorials from MathWorks.
MATLAB Notes from University of Dundee (just a one from numerous links on the web).

Andrey Ghulchak