ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control

Spring 2023

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 February 6, 2023)

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

• Syllabus (pdf)   (Updated May 27, 2022)
  

• 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%): Midterm exams will be held on Friday evenings.
  • Final exam (34%)
  • ECE Department Exam Policy
    
  • ECE580 Exam Policy
    

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

  • IUPUI Graduate Office: Student Life and Support   
    

  • IUPUI Spring 2023 Academic Calendar   
    

  • IUPUI Spring 2023 Semester Exam Schedule   
    

  • List of Greek Letters and how to write them:    (Thanks to Harry Foundalis!);
    

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

• ECE580 in other semesters:
  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2022)  
    

  • In Spring, 2021, ECE 580 took place entirely online in Canvas, hence no materials are available here.   
    

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2020)  
    

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2019)  
    

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2018)  
    

  • 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 2012)  
    

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