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Evolving Schedule (topics arranged by "target week.")

Week

Monday

Wednesday


Video: Traveling Salesman Problem

1

Aug-27-2018
First Meeting
[Notes #1]
Aug-29-2018
Unconstrained Optimization: Fundamentals
[Notes #2]

2

Sep-03-2018
Labor Day
Sep-05-2018
Convergence
Line Search Methods
[Notes #3] [HW#1] [Code]
Ref: Armijo Condition

3

Sep-10-2018
Line search algorithms
[Notes #4]
Rate of Convergence
[Notes #5]
Schedule adjustment deadline.
(11:59 p.m. deadline.)
Sep-12-2018
Step Length Selection
[Notes #6] [HW#2]

4

Sep-17-2018
Trust Region: Cauchy Point and Dogleg
[Notes #7]
Sep-19-2018
2-D Subspace Minimization
[Notes #8] [HW#3]
Nearly Exact Subproblems
[Notes #8]
Movies:
HW#1 (due FRIDAY)

5

Sep-24-2018
Global Convergence, and Enhancements
[Notes #9]
Sep-26-2018
Linear Conjugate Gradient, Part 1
[Notes #10]

6

Oct-01-2018
Linear Conjugate Gradient, Part 2
[Notes #11] [HW#4]
Oct-03-2018
Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient
[Notes #12] [Projects] [Projects Handout]
HW#2 (due FRIDAY)

7

Oct-08-2018
Inexact Newton Steps
Line Search Newton Methods
[Notes #13]
Oct-10-2018
Hessian Modifications
[Notes #14]

8

Oct-15-2018
Trust Region Newton
[Notes #15]
Oct-17-2018
Derivatives: Finite Differencing
[Notes #16]
HW#3 (due FRIDAY)

9

Oct-22-2018
Automatic Differentiation
[Notes #17]

External Video:
Oct-24-2018
Quasi-Newton: The BFGS Method
[Notes #18]

10

Oct-29-2018
Symmetric-Rank-1, SR1 Method
The Broyden Class
[Notes #19] [HW#5] [rosenbrock_2Nd.m]
Last day to officially withdraw from all classes for fall 2016 and receive a prorated refund.
Oct-31-2018
Quasi-Newton: Convergence Analysis
(Extra caffeine recommended)
[Notes #20]
HW#4 (due FRIDAY)

11

Nov-05-2018
HW#3 Discussion [aes pt1, aes pt2]
Review and Guidelines
[Notes #21]
Nov-07-2018
Nonlinear Least Squares: Introduction
[Notes #22]

12

Nov-12-2018
Veterans Day
Nov-14-2018
Nonlinear Least Squares: Algorithms
[Notes #23]
HW#5 (due FRIDAY)

13

Nov-19-2018
Orthogonal Distance Regression (.)
[Notes #24]
Nov-21-2018
Pre-Thanksgiving
(No Classes Nov. 21nd)
Campus "open" [#GhostTown]

14

Nov-26-2018
Nonlinear Equations
[Notes #25]
Nov-28-2018
Practical Methods
[Notes #26]

15

Dec-03-2018
Continuation / Homotopy Methods
[Notes #27]
Dec-05-2018
Constrained Optimization: Overview
[Notes #28]

16

Dec-10-2018
Project Presentations, Part 1
*** Attendance Mandatory ***
01. 2:00 - JPN
02. 2:12 - NiFe
03. 2:24 - SeSa
04. 2:36 -
05. 2:48 -
06. 3:00 -

Note: Presentation slots will be randomly assigned ON THE DAY OF PRESENTATION(S).
Dec-12-2018
Project Presentations, Part 2
*** Attendance Mandatory ***
07. 2:00 -
08. 2:12 -
09. 2:24 -
10. 2:36 -
11. 2:48 -
12. 3:00 -

Note: Presentation slots will be randomly assigned ON THE DAY OF PRESENTATION(S).
Dec-14-2018
Project Presentations, Part 3
*** Attendance Mandatory ***
13. 3:30 -
14. 3:42 -
15. 3:54 -
16. 4:06 -
17. 4:18 -
18. 4:30 -
19. 4:42 -
20. 4:54 -
21. 5:06 - Not You!
22. 5:18 - Be Ready
23. 5:30 - Early!!!
24. 5:42 -
25. 5:54 -
26. 6:06 -

Note: Presentation slots will be randomly assigned ON THE DAY OF PRESENTATION(S).