ECE 580
Optimization Methods for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Spring 2009---ECE 580 Lecture Schedule

Text:  Chong and Żak, An Introduction to Optimization, Third Edition, 2008

Period

Date

   Topics

Chapter

Quizzes

1

1/12

Motivation; algorithms

handout

 

2

1/14

The P versus NP problem

 

3

1/16

Vectors, matrices, norms, gradients

2 and 3

 

      

1/19

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day---University Holiday

 

4

1/21

Gradient, directional derivative, Taylor series

5

 

5

1/23

Feasible directions, FONC, SONC

6

 

6

1/26

SOSC, illustrating examples

 

7

1/28

Line search, Fibonacci method, Golden section search, Newton's method

7

 

8

1/30

Gradient methods, steepest descent

8

 

9

2/2

Convergence of fixed step size algorithm

8

 

10

2/4

Order of convergence, Convergence rate

8

1 

11

2/6

Newton's method

9

 

12

2/9

Conjugate direction methods

10

 

13

2/11

Conjugate gradient algorithm

10

Painless_conjugate_gradient

 

14

2/13

Quasi-Newton methods

11

 

15

2/16

Rank one formula

11

 

16

2/18

DFP and BFGS methods

11

2

17

2/20

Least squares problems, RLS, parameter identification

12

 

18

2/23

Genetic algorithms

14

Canonical_GA_Convergence

 

19

2/25

Review Session

20

2/25

Midterm #1

7:00--8:00pm, EE 170

 

 

21

2/27

Analysis of the canonical algorithm

14

 

22

3/2

Nelder-Mead simplex algorithm for unconstrained optimization

14

 

23

3/4

Linear programs; examples

15

 

24

3/6

Linear programming; basic solutions;

15

 

25

3/9

Linear programming; basic feasible solutions

15

 

26

3/11

Simplex algorithm for solving linear programs

16

3

27

3/13

Two phase algorithm

16

 

 

3/16

Spring Break

 

 

 

3/18

Spring Break

 

 

 

3/20

Spring Break

 

 

28

3/23

Duality

17

 

29

3/25

Complementary slackness

17

 

30

3/27

Optimization problems with equality constraints, Lagrange condition for scalar equality constraint

19

 

31

3/30

Tangent and normal space

19

 

32

4/1

Review Session

33

4/1

Midterm #2

7:00--8:00pm, MSEE B012

 

 

34

4/3

Problems with equality constraints---second-order conditions

19

 

35

4/6

Minimizing quadratics subject to linear constraints

19

 

36

4/8

Problems with inequality constraints,

KKT conditions for problems with equality and inequality constraints, SONC

20

4

4/10

Class canceled to make up for the first evening exam

37

4/13

Second-order conditions for problems with equality and inequality constraints, examples

20

 

38

4/15

Convex functions

21

 

39

4/17

Convex function properties

21

 

40

4/20

Convex optimization problems

21

 

41

4/22

 

SOSC for convex optimization problems

21

5

42

4/24

Projected gradient methods

22

 

43

4/27

Penalty methods

22

 

44

4/29

Multi-objective optimization problems

23

 

5/1

Class canceled to make up for the second evening exam

 

45

Final Exam Presentations

 

 

 

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