Postgraduate Course: Continuous Global Optimization (MATH11033)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 5 |
ECTS Credits | 2.5 |
| Summary | Finding bounds on arbitrary functions using interval analysis; Taylor series and other rearrangements for improving bounds; branch and bound for unconstrained problems; use of gradient and Hessian bounds; interval Newton method. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
| Knowledge of techniques of finding the global optimum (rather than just local) for problems in which there exist many local optima. Ability to find bounds on arbitrary functions and their derivatives using interval analysis.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Julian Hall
Tel: (0131 6)50 5075
Email: J.A.J.Hall@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Frances Reid
Tel: (0131 6)50 4883
Email: f.c.reid@ed.ac.uk |
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