Mathematical Optimization & Why Convexity Is the Watershed
1:20:32Stanford EE364a Lecture 2: Affine Sets, Convex Sets, Cones & Hyperplanes
1:16:51Stanford EE364a Lecture 3: Convex Functions — First/Second-Order Conditions & Epigraphs
1:17:14Stanford EE364a Lecture 4: Convex Optimization Problems — LP, QP, SOCP & SDP
1:13:38Stanford EE364a Lecture 5: The Lagrangian, Dual Function & Slater's Condition
1:16:10Stanford EE364a Lecture 6: Saddle-Point Interpretation, KKT Conditions & Perturbation
1:09:19Lecture 7 | Convex Optimization I
1:14:37Lecture 8 | Convex Optimization I (Stanford)
1:16:30Lecture 9: Duality Theory (EE364a)
1:16:36Lecture 10: Approximation and Fitting (EE364a)
1:17:55Lecture 11: Statistical Estimation (EE364a)
1:17:03Lecture 12: Geometric Problems (EE364a)
1:16:05Lecture 13: Geometric Problems Continued (EE364a)
1:15:17Lecture 14: Numerical Linear Algebra Background (EE364a)
1:10:12Lecture 15: Unconstrained Minimization (EE364a)
1:16:45Lecture 16: Equality Constrained Minimization (EE364a)
1:13:59Lecture 17: Equality Constrained Minimization Continued (EE364a)
1:19:25Lecture 18: Interior-Point Methods (EE364a)
1:16:53Lecture 19: Advanced Topics and Applications (EE364a)
1:15:02Lecture 1: Subgradients (EE364B)
1:01:37Lecture 2: Subgradients Continued (EE364B)
1:07:27Lecture 3: Subgradient Methods (EE364B)
1:14:45Lecture 18: Interior-Point Methods (EE364a)
This lecture introduces interior-point methods, a powerful class of algorithms for solving convex optimization problems with inequality constraints. The barrier method and primal-dual algorithms are covered in detail.
Professor Stephen Boyd, of the Stanford University Electrical Engineering department, lectures on the interior-point methods 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.
Lecture 17: Equality Constrained Minimization Continued (EE364a)
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