CO466/666/CM741
Fall 2023

Continuous Optimization             (This webpage is still in preparation/the missing details are on LEARN)

Instructor Henry Wolkowicz (MC6065, x35589)

  • Lecture Times: 4:00-5:20PM, TR (begins Thurs. Sept. 7/23; ends Tues. Dec. 5/23)
  • Location:
  • Office Hours: TBA
  • TA ??????,, Office Hours: TBA
  • Course Outline (see the Syllabus 2021 link on the right)
      The course covers the fundamentals of continuous optimization in Euclidean spaces, i.e., the problem of minimizing (or maximizing) a given continuous function of finitely many real variables, subject to constraints described as equations and inequalities involving other continuous functions. We emphasize the roles of:
      theory, algorithmic development, applications, and implementation .
  • Final Exam: TBA: Marking Information


  • Text: Numerical Optimization, Edition 2 (with TOC/outline), by Jorge Nocedal, and Stephen Wright, 2006,
    book available online at this Springer Verlag link.
  • FINAL exam: Due Dec. ????, 2023
  • **TENTATIVE**: Lectures outlines/supplementary material



  • Last Modified:  Wednesday 6 September 2023