C&O 367 - Nonlinear Programming (Winter Semester 2005)

This course provides an introductory treatment of topics in Nonlinear Programming. This includes a hands-on approach with exposure to existing software packages.

( Information related to the teaching activities of Professor Henry Wolkowicz is available. The material is related to the course taught in the Winter Semester 2005. )

Available: this file (readme.html) and the course virtual handout (handout.html).

course (virtual) handout
- Office Hours
- Homework (WARNING/REMINDER: Copying assignments is contrary to University policy. You must work on your assignments on your own.)
- During the semester I will continue to send emails to everyone. Please tell the instructor if you have not been receiving these.

Useful Links

Our Summer Undergraduate Research Program in C & O
The Optimization Technology Center with notes and software - will solve problems online using the NEOS Server for Optimization. Also, see the optimization tree, a graphical picture (clickable) of optimization topics.
An Operations Research home page with LOTS of useful information, e.g. jobs, FAQs, addresses, ...;
An electronic optimization book; (from the Computational Science Education Project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
An FAQ (frequently asked questions) on nonlinear programming;
An Building Freshman Intuition for Computational Science and Mathematics; an article by Charles Van Loan.

Computing Environment

You can use MATLAB on many machines on campus. An online course, which works with pretty well any browser that supports the Flash plug-in on Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS is available at: http://saw.uwaterloo.ca/matlab Click: "MATLAB Mastery I" to start.
Detailed information about student accounts on the MFCF web page.
Computer Help & Information Place (CHIP)

This page is maintained by Henry Wolkowicz,