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Lecture 18: Interior-Point Methods (EE364a)

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1:16:53·2008·graduate level

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.

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