MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
MAT4062 Numerical Optimization Fall 3 0 3 6
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. SÜREYYA AKYÜZ
Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to introduce the central ideas behind algorithms for the numerical solution of differentiable optimization problems by presenting key methods for both unconstrained and constrained optimization, as well as providing theoretical justification as to why they succeed.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
At the end of this course students should be able to tackle optimization problems of in science, engineering and finance using state of art numerical methods.

Course Content

In this course the solution of unconstrained and constrained optimization problem will be discussed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Fundamentals of unconstrained optimization
2) Newton Methods
3) Line Search Method
4) Trust Region Method
5) Quasi-Newton Methods
6) Nonlinear least squares Problem
7) Theory of constrained optimization
8) Theory of linear programming
9) Simplex Method
10) Interior point methods
11) Interior point methods
12) Penalty and barrier methods
13) Sequential Quadratic Programming
14) Conclusion and outlook on unconstrained and constrained optimization

Sources

Course Notes: G. Nash and Ariela Sofer, Linear and nonlinear programming, New York : McGraw-Hill, 1996, T57.74 N37 J. Nocedal, S.J. Wright, Numerical Optimization, Springer, 1999, QA 402.5 N62
References: S. Ulbrich, M. Ulbrich, “Nonlinear Optimization”, Lecture Notes, Department of Mathematics, University of Technology Darmstadt,

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 0
Laboratory 5 % 5
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes 2 % 10
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation % 0
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms 2 % 45
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 40
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application 0 0 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 0 0
Field Work 0 0 0
Study Hours Out of Class 14 3 42
Presentations / Seminar 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Homework Assignments 0 0 0
Quizzes 2 10 20
Preliminary Jury 0 0 0
Midterms 2 15 30
Paper Submission 0 0 0
Jury 0 0 0
Final 1 16 16
Total Workload 150

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