MCG 5115 Nonlinear Optimization

3 units
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Formulation of optimization problems. Unconstrained optimization: direct search techniques, gradient techniques. Constrained optimization: by unconstrained minimization, by direct methods. Mathematical programming. Geometric programming. Dynamic programming. Examples and applications in Mechanical Engineering topics. This course is equivalent to MAAJ 5105 at Carleton University.

Components:

Lecture

Previously Offered Terms:

Winter

Organized

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4.20

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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3.60

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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