Lecture: Sequential Convex Programming

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Lecture Description

Sequential Convex Programming, Methods For Nonconvex Optimization Problems, Sequential Convex Programming (SCP), Basic Idea Of SCP, Trust Region, Affine And Convex Approximations Via Taylor Expansions, Particle Method, Fitting Affine Or Quadratic Functions To Data, Quasi-Linearization, Example (Nonconvex QP), Lower Bound Via Lagrange Dual, Exact Penalty Formulation, Trust Region Update, Nonlinear Optimal Control, Discretization, SCP Progress, Convergence Of J And Torque Residuals, Predicted And Actual Decreases In Phi, Trajectory Plan, 'Difference Of Convex' Programming, Convex-Concave Procedure

Course Description

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.

from course: Convex Optimization II