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Course Name	Turkish	Optimizasyona Giriş
	English	Introduction to Optimization
Course Code	UCK 337E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Aydın Mısırlıoğlu
Course Objectives		1- To give an introduction to optimization and its use in design 2- To teach how to model engineering problems suitable for optimization 3- To give mathematical models for optimality concept and analyze them 4- To teach how to program optimization problems using numerical techniques 5- To provide evaluation of numerical results from optimization
Course Description		Formulation of optimization problems, Optimization concepts using the graphical method, Optimality conditions for unconstrained and constrained problems, Linear programming, Numerical methods for nonlinear unconstrained and constrained problems.
Course Outcomes		Students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge, skill and competency in the following subjects; 1- Modelling an engineering problem suitable for optimization 2- Including optimization into design cycle 3- Defining design variables, objectives, and constraints, and their effects 4- Defining suitable algorithm to the problem and programming.
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Textbook		Arora, J.S., 2011. Introduction to Optimum Design, Elsevier Academic Press, Boston, MA .
Other References		Rao, S.S., 2009, Engineering Optimization-Theory and Practice, Wiley Vanderplaats, G.N., 1984. Numerical Optimization Techniques for Engineering Design. Nocedal, J., Wright, S.J., 2000, Numerical Optimization, Springer, Chong, E. K. P., Hoboken, N.J., 2008, An introduction to optimization, Wiley

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