Module description
Lecture notes
Topic1
Direct Search Methods for Unconstrained Minimization Problems.
Topic 2
Optimality Conditions and Gradient Methods for Unconstrained Minimization .
Topic 3
Newton's Method and Quasi-Newton Methods.
Topic 4
Conjugate Gradient Methods.
Topic 5
Constrained Optimization -- Optimality Conditions and Duality .
Topic 6
Quadratic Programming.
Exercises