Optimization methods are basic tools for improving design and technology. The students will learn about basic optimization problems, conditions of their solvability and correct formulation. Effective algorithms, heuristics and software will be presented in an extent that is useful for the soluving engineering problems.
Literature
BERTSEKAS, Dimitri P. Nonlinear Programming. 3rd edition. Athena Scientific, 2016. ISBN 978-1886529052.
Advised literature
NOCEDAL, Jorge a Stephen WRIGHT. Numerical Optimization. 2nd edition. Springer, 2006. ISBN 978-0387303031.