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Lecture 12: Geometric Problems (EE364a)

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1:16:05·2008·graduate level

This lecture introduces the application of convex optimization to geometric problems in engineering, including topics such as extremal volume and minimax problems. Students learn to formulate and solve spatial optimization challenges effectively.

Professor Stephen Boyd, of the Stanford University Electrical Engineering department, lectures on geometric problems in the context of electrical engineering and convex optimization for the course, Convex Optimization I (EE 364A).

Convex Optimization I concentrates on recognizing and solving convex optimization problems that arise in engineering. Convex sets, functions, and optimization problems. Basics of convex analysis. Least-squares, linear and quadratic programs, semidefinite programming, minimax, extremal volume, and other problems. Optimality conditions, duality theory, theorems of alternative, and applications. Interior-point methods. Applications to signal processing, control, digital and analog circuit design, computational geometry, statistics, and mechanical engineering.

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