Advanced Topics on Optimization Methods in Engineering and Physics

3 credits · Graduate

Nature and systems considered in engineering and physics have an abundance of examples where an optimum system status is sought. The course aims to provide the students with advanced theory of optimization and topics that arise in applications of the optimization techniques. The challenge of this course is to increase the utilization of the optimization methods by development and use of appropriate algorithms derived for specific problems in engineering and physics. They include those arising in VLSI design, computer engineering, chemical reactor control, in spin glasses as well as in networking, particularly in networks with frequently changing topology. State-of-the-art of the advanced optimization techniques is presented. Geometric interpretations, time-space decompositions and large- and small-scale considerations are stressed wherever possible. PREREQUISITES: Permission from instructor