ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control

Spring 2018

Course Information

• Instructor:   Prof. S. Koskie

• Instructor's Email:  skoskie@iupui.edu

• Instructor's Office Hours: by appointment in SL-164G

• Lectures:   MW 7:30–8:45 pm in SL-012

• Textbook:   An Introduction to Optimization, 4th edition, by Edwin K. P. Chong and Stanislaw H. Zak, Wiley, 2013.
  • Textbook Errata  (Link updated August 31, 2015)

• Recommended Reading:  Linear and Nonlinear Programming, 3rd edition, by David G. Luenberger and Yinyu Ye, Springer, 2008.

• Syllabus (pdf)   (Updated February 5, 2018) .
  

• Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or permission from instructor. Corequisites: None.

• Lecture Notes
  • Newton and Secant Methods   (Updated September 28, 2011)
    
  • Using Elementary Row Operations to Invert a Matrix   (Updated November 22, 2011)
    
  • Transcript of Matlab Session Comparing Quasi-Newton Methods   (Updated October 25, 2012)
    
  • Slack, Surplus, and Free Variables and Example 15.11   (Updated November 22, 2011)
    

• No homework will be assigned. Please work as many problems from the text as you need in order to understand the material. The Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 ECE580 Websites contain solutions to homework assigned in those semesters.

• Grading:
  • Midterm exams (66%):
    • Exam 1 (33%)   6:30-9:30pm, Friday, February 23, 2018 in LD-010
    • Exam 2 (33%)   6:30-9:30pm, Friday, April 6, 2018 in LD-010
  • Final exam (34%)
  • ECE Department Exam Policy
    
  • ECE580 Exam Policy
    

• Exam Solutions (Updated April 12, 2019)
  

• Some Useful Links:
  • IUPUI Campus-Wide Course Policies   
    

  • IUPUI Graduate Office: Student Life and Support   
    

  • IUPUI (Undergraduate) Division of Student Affairs   
    

  • IUPUI Spring 2018 Semester Exam Schedule   
    

  • List of Greek Letters and how to write them:    (Thanks to Marilyn A. Katz at Wesleyan University!);
    

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2016)  
    

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Fall 2015)  
    

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Fall 2011)  
    

  • Prof. E. K.P. Chong's ECE520/Math 520 Optimization Methods website