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6EC6.3 OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES |
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UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION |
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-Historical development, engineering application of optimization, Formulation of |
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design problems as a mathematical programming problem, Classification of optimization problems. |
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UNIT 2: |
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LINEAR PROGRAMMING |
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- Simplex methods, Revised simplex method, Duality in linear |
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programming, post optimality analysis. |
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UNIT 3: |
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Applications of Linear programming, Transportation and assignment problems. |
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UNIT 4: |
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NON-LINEAR PROGRAMMING |
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- Unconstrained optimization techniques, Direct search |
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methods, Descent methods, Constrained optimization, Direct and Indirect methods. |
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UNIT 5: |
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Dynamic Programming: Introduction, multi-decision processes, computational procedure |