Continuous methods for optimization problems

Li-Zhi Liao
Department of Mathematics
Hong Kong Baptist University
Waterloo Road, Kowloon
Hong Kong
liliao@fisher.math.hkbu.edu.hk

In this talk, we will address the following issues:
1) A brief review on continuous methods for optimization will be presented. The comparison with conventional optimization methods will be analyzed.
2) The latest results on continuous methods for optimization will be reported.
3) The mathematical tools involved in continuous methods will be discussed.
4) Finally, some numerical results on large-scale problems will be presented.