# MMAT5240 Optimization & Modelling

Lecturer
E-mail
jwong@math.cuhk.edu.hk
Office
Phone extension
3943 - 7987
Lecturer's office hours
Please email me to arrange an appointment.
Teaching Assistant
Tony Siu Wun CHEUNG
E-mail
swcheung@math.cuhk.edu.hk
Office
Phone extension
3943 - 7962
TA's office hours
Please email me to arrange an appointment.

Course Information

#### Course Outline

This course is designed for the M.Sc. Degree Programme in Mathematics. The course provides an introduction to optimization methods, optimization theory and modeling. Topics will be selected from constrained and unconstrained optimization, decent methods, Newton-type methods, calculus of variations, linear and non-linear programming, applications to "real life" problems and modeling.

#### Text and References

References

This is available at the CUHK library.

The text/reference should not be treated as a substitute for the lectures. The lectures may present the material covered in the text in a different manner, or deviate from it entirely. You should take your own notes in class.

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Homework
10% (Each 2.5%)
Quiz
20% (Each 10%)
Midterm
20%
Final
50%

#### Homeworks

There will be four graded homework assignments.

Please note that you MUST do the whole homework entirely by yourself. In case of difficulty, you may consult the instructor and the tutors during their office hours. Any answers that show evidence of having been done with others will receive a score of zero; stronger action may also be taken (visit ). Don’t copy the work of others! Be neat, concise and well-organized.

#### Examination Schedule

Schedules of quizzes, mid-term test and final examination are:

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### Quiz 1

Date & Time: September 27, from 8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
Room: Wu Ho Man Yuen Bldg 507

### Quiz 2

Date & Time: November 15, from 8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
Room: Wu Ho Man Yuen Bldg 507

#### Midterm

Date & Time: October 25, from 8:10 pm - 9:10 pm
Room: Wu Ho Man Yuen Bldg 507

#### Final

Date & Time: December 6, from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Room: Wu Ho Man Yuen Bldg 507