CO 666Continuous Optimization
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Mathematics
CO 666 as listed in the Spring 2025 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
Numerical algorithms for nonlinear optimization. Newton, variable-metric, quasi-Newton and conjugate gradient methods. Obtaining derivatives. Convexity. Trust region methods. Constrained optimization including optimality conditions, sequential quadratic programming, interior point and active set strategies.
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