By Stephen Boyd | Convex Optimization II Lecture 3 of 18
Convergence Proof, Stopping Criterion, Example: Piecewise Linear Minimization, Optimal Step Size When F* Is Known, Finding A Point In The Intersection Of Convex Sets, Alternating Projections, Example: Positive Semidefinite Matrix Completion, Speeding Up Subgradient Methods, A Couple Of Speedup Algorithms, Subgradient Methods For Constrained Problems, Projected Subgradient Method, Linear Equality Constraints, Example: Least L_1-Norm
Continuation of Convex Optimization I.
Topics include: Subgradient, cutting-plane, and ellipsoid methods. Decentralized convex optimization via primal and dual decomposition. Alternating projections. Exploiting problem structure in implementation. Convex relaxations of hard problems, and global optimization via branch & bound. Robust optimization. Selected applications in areas such as control, circuit design, signal processing, and communications.
