CO367 Winter 2015 (see also: Waterloo LEARN for Assignments/Solutions, Partial Lecture Notes, etc...)
Nonlinear Optimization
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Course Information/Syllabus)
Instructor:
Henry Wolkowicz
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- syllabus for W15
- Judgment in Seattle: A Theorem Goes on Trial: "Comparative Advantage"
- Student Academic Discipline Policy: Copying assignments is contrary to University policy. You must work on your assignments on your own. (Late assign. are not accepted.)
- INCs are granted only with serious justification.
- Nonlinear Programming, (MITOPENCOURSEWARE)
- An algorithm that minimizes anything/everything
- You Can Do Anything With a Math Degree
- Time: 4:30-5:20PM MWTh (classes: start Mon. Jan 5 - Mon. Apr 6, 2015; Reading week: Feb. 16-20.)
- Location: MC 4064
- TA: Nargiz Kalantarova, office hours in MC5119: T: 9.30-10.20AM and W: 2.30-3.20PM
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Office Hours:
Henry Wolkowicz: Th 2:30-3:20PM, W 1-2PM
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- Midterm: Wed. Feb. 11, 6:30-7:50PM in MC4060; closed book; no calculators.
- FINAL EXAM: Sat. April 11, 12:30-3:00PM; MC ; closed book; no calculators
- Marking Scheme: HW (6 assigns) 40%; Midterm 20%; Final 40%
- see Waterloo LEARN for Assignments/Solutions, Partial Lecture Notes, etc...
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Additional references (to be put on reserve at library):
- Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimization and Nonlinear Equations, by J. E. Dennis, Jr. and Robert B. Schnabel, see chapters 3,4 for lin. alg/calculus background.
- The Mathematics of Nonlinear Programming, (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) Anthony L. Peressini, Francis E. Sullivan, J.J. Jr. Uhl Published by Springer (1993-06-17).
Last Modified: Wednesday 21 June 2017
