Math 287 * Nonlinear Optimization * Spring 2012
Handouts and general information
Course outline
(topics to be covered).
Important information
handout (administrative details)
with updated alternate examination date
.
Problems
(problem sheets, what's due when, solutions).
Other handouts
(Mathematica notebooks, lecture notes, etc.).
Project
(Term paper or programming project).
Solutions to midterm test
.
Review sheet for final examination
.
Useful links
http://www.optimization-online.org/links.html
: Optimization Online's optimization links.
Automatic differentiation sites:
http://www.autodiff.org
: many links to publications and different tools
http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~utke/OpenAD/
: the OpenAD tool
http://mitgcm.org/
: an example of a model that uses OpenAD
Mark Ellingham /
mark.ellingham at vanderbilt.edu