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Optimization Techniques

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Course
Postgraduate
Semester
Electives
Subject Code
MA611
Subject Title
Optimization Techniques

Syllabus

Optimization: need for unconstrained methods in solving constrained problems, necessary conditions of unconstrained optimization, structure methods, quadratic models, methods of line search, steepest descent method; quasi-Newton methods: DFP, BFGS, conjugate-direction methods: methods for sums of squares and nonlinear equations; linear programming: sim- plex methods, duality in linear programming, transportation problem; nonlinear programming:

Text Books

Same as Reference

References

1. An Introduction to Optimization, Chong, E. K. and Zak, S. H., 2nd Ed., Wiley India, 2001.

2. Linear and Nonlinear Programming, Luenberger, D. G. and Ye, Y., 3rd Ed., Springer 2008.

3. Mathematical Programming Techniques, Kambo, N. S., East-West Press, 1997.

Course Outcomes (COs):
CO1: Modelling of optimization problem mathematically

CO2: Understand theory of optimization

CO3: Solve optimization problems

CO4: Write programming codes for real time optimization problems