Linear and Discrete Optimization, Certificate | Part time online | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne | Switzerland
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The course is an introduction to linear and discrete optimization - an important part of computational mathematics with a wide range of applications in many areas of everyday life.

Overview

Education

This course serves as an introduction to linear and discrete optimization from the viewpoint of a mathematician or computer scientist. Besides learning how linear and discrete optimization can be applied, we focus on understanding methods that solve linear programs and discrete optimization problems in a mathematically rigorous way.We will answer questions like:

  • Does a particular method work correctly?
  • Does it terminate and, if yes, in what time?
  • Can we prove that a solution is optimal?

The course starts by discussing what a linear program is and how linear programming can be applied. Then, we will treat the simplex method and the theory of duality. We will then discuss some combinatorial optimization problems like maximum weight bipartite matching and maximum flows.

The course constitutes about half of the material on linear and discrete optimization that is taught for mathematics and computer science undergraduates at EPFL and will feature video lectures, quizzes, programming assignments, and a final exam. Course Format: The class consists of lecture videos punctuated by quizzes. There will also be standalone homeworks that are not part of the video lectures, programming assignments, and a final exam.

Programme Structure

  • Linear programming, modeling, equivalence of standard forms
  • Basic solutions, primal and dual feasible basic solutions, pivoting and the simplex method
  • Termination and complexity of the simplex method
  • Integer programming, bipartite matching and flows
  • Models of computation, bit-complexity.

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Duration

  • Part-time
    • 9 days
    • Flexible

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Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • The most important prerequisite is familiarity with linear algebra. It will be useful to have some programming proficiency in a higher level programming language such as Java or Python.

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