Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Manage large-scale software development projects.
• Apply, mobilise, articulate and promote the knowledge and skills acquired in order to help lead and complete a project.
• Manage research, development and innovation.
• Understand unprecedented problems in computer science and its applications.
• Organise and lead a research, development or innovation project to completion.
• Master communication techniques.
• Communicate, both orally and in writing, their findings, original proposals, knowledge and underlying principles, in a clear, structured and justified manner.
• Develop and integrate a high degree of autonomy.
• Aquire new knowledge independently.
• Pursue further training and develop new skills independently.

Learning Outcomes of UE

Be able to model and solve a nonlinear continuous optimization problem. 
Attendance at theory/exercises classes of at least 80% is required. Attendance at practical sessions and seminars is mandatory.

Content of UE

The objective of this course is to provide students with the basic tools to address and solve nonlinear optimization problems.
The course will be divided into two main parts: modelization and methods
The first part aims to teach students to determine the type of optimization problems (linear, quadratic, convex, etc.) and to characterize optimal solutions in the more general context of problems with equality and inequality constraints.
In the second part, the most widespread numerical methods will be introduced.

Attendance at theory/exercises classes of at least 80% is required. Attendance at practical sessions and seminars is mandatory.

Prior Experience

Basic Mathematics (Analysis and Algebra), Numerical Analysis, basic programmation skills

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

• Presentation and/or works
• Oral examination
• Written examination
• Practical test
• Graded tests

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

-> In the case where the student has respected the constraints of attendance (see description of the course), the following rules apply:

The final grade (/20) of the AA is based on three grades:
- a grade A (/20) to evaluate the theoretical understanding of the course during a written exam
- a grade B (/20) of personal works / homeworks
- a grade C (/20) to evaluate the ability to implement algorithms and methods to solve nonlinear problems during an oral exam and/or practical works

The computation of the final grade of the AA is done as follows:
If the three grades A, B, and C are greater than or equal to 6 (that is, at least 6/20, or 30% in all three parts), then: finalgrade = (9*A + 5*B + 6*C) / 20.
If one of the three grades A, B or C is less than 6, then the final grade will be equal to the minimum grade, that is: finalgrade = minimum(A, B, C).

-> In the case where the student has not respected the constraints of attendance (see description of the course), the following rules apply:
The AA grade will be assessed during an oral exam.

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Presentation and/or works
• Oral examination
• Written examination
• Practical Test
• Graded tests

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

-> In the case where the student has respected the constraints of attendance (see description of the course), the following rules apply:

The final grade (/20) of the AA is based on three grades:
- a grade A (/20) to evaluate the theoretical understanding of the course during a written exam
- a grade B (/20) of personal works / homeworks
- a grade C (/20) to evaluate the ability to implement algorithms and methods to solve nonlinear problems during an oral exam and/or practical works

The computation of the final grade of the AA is done as follows:
If the three grades A, B, and C are greater than or equal to 6 (that is, at least 6/20, or 30% in all three parts), then: finalgrade = (9*A + 5*B + 6*C) / 20.
If one of the three grades A, B or C is less than 6, then the final grade will be equal to the minimum grade, that is: finalgrade = minimum(A, B, C).

-> In the case where the student has not respected the constraints of attendance (see description of the course), the following rules apply:
The AA grade will be assessed during an oral exam.

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

• N/A

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

not applicable