OPTIMIZATION METHODS
(Master of Science in Embedded Computing Systems -
University of Pisa, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)
General information on the course
Course Schedule:
- Tuesday 8:30 - 11:30 room ADII2
- Wednesday 8:30 - 10:30 room C31
Office hours: Wednesday 15:30 - 17:30
Lecture schedule (Academic year 2018/19)
Slides:
Textbooks:
- S. Boyd, L. Vandenberghe,
Convex optimization, Cambridge University Press, 2004
- M.S. Bazaraa, H.D. Sherali, C.M. Shetty, Nonlinear programming: theory and algorithms,
Wiley & Sons, 2006 (Chapters 1-6, 8-9)
- J. Nocedal, S. Wright, Numerical Optimization, Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial
Engineering, 2006 (Chapters 1-3, 5, 12, 16, 17)
- A.R. Conn, K. Scheinberg, L.N. Vicente, Introduction to Derivative-Free Optimization, SIAM series on
Optimization, 2009 (Chapters 1, 7)
- D.T. Luc, Theory of Vector Optimization, Springer, 1989 (Chapters 2, 4)
- Y. Sawaragi, H. Nakayama, T. Tanino, Theory of Multiobjective Optimization, Academic
Press, 1985 (Chapters 3, 7)
- M.J. Osborne, A. Rubinstein,
A Course in Game Theory, MIT press, 1994 (Chapters 1-4)
- N. Nisan, T. Roughgarden, E. Tardos, V.V. Vazirani,
Algorithmic Game Theory, Cambridge University Press, 2007 (Chapter 3)
Exercises:
Exams (Academic year 2018/19):
Fac-simile of the written exam (with solutions)
Written exam: 10 June 2019 --
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Written exam: 1 July 2019 --
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Written exam: 22 July 2019 --
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Oral exam: 23 July 2019, 9:30, room L1 Polo Fibonacci (Largo Pontecorvo)
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Written exam: 16 September 2019, 15:00-18:00 - TECIP, PC room
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Oral exam: 18 September 2019, 15:00