Modul

The assessment is carried out as partial written exams (according to Section 4(2), 1 of the examination regulation) of the single courses of this module, whose sum of credits must meet the minimum requirement of credits of this module. The assessment procedures are described for each course of the module seperately.

The overall grade of the module is the average of the grades for each course weighted by the credits and truncated after the first decimal.

The student

• names and describes basic notions for optimization methods, in particular from nonlinear and from global optimization,
• knows the indispensable methods and models for quantitative analysis,
• models and classifies optimization problems and chooses the appropriate solution methods to solve also challenging optimization problems independently and, if necessary, with the aid of a computer,
• validates, illustrates and interprets the obtained solutions.

At least one of the courses "Nonlinear Optimization I" and "Global Optimization I" has to be examined.

The modul focuses on theoretical foundations as well as solution algorithms for optimization problems with continuous decision variables. The lectures on nonlinear programming deal with local solution concepts, whereas the lectures on global optimization treat approaches for global solutions.

The total workload for this module is approximately 270 hours. For further information see German version.