Optimization - MATH5165
Faculty: Faculty of Science
School: School of Mathematics and Statistics
Course Outline: http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Excluded: MATH3161
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
Optimization problems, in which one wants to find the values of variables to maximize or minimize an objective function subject to constraints on which variables are allowed, are common throughout the physical and biological sciences, economics, finance and engineering. This course looks at the formulation of optimization problems as mathematical problems, characterising solutions using necessary and/or sufficient optimality conditions and modern numerical methods and software for solving the problems. Both finite dimensional problems which involve a vector of variables, including linear and nonlinear programming, and infinite dimensional problems where the variables are functions, including optimal control problems, are covered.