MAK 558 - Optimization Methods

Course Objectives

1-Provide the students with a notion of optimization.
2-Give knowledge about and develop skills for the solution of parameter optimization problems.
3-Give knowledge about and develop skills for the solution of fonction optimization problems.

Course Description

Uni and multi-dimensional, constrained and unconstrained problems. Parameter optimization and mini-max theory. Non-linear programming and search techniques. Linear programming and the simplex method. Function optimization and the calculus of variations.