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Course homepage Spring 2013 for

SF1811 Optimeringslära för F

SF1841 Optimization

This course will be given next time in period 2, late fall 2013, by Krister Svanberg


This home page contains some information about the course, lectures, exercise classes, take-home assignments and exams. It will be updated during the course with the latest news.

  • Information about the course in "studiehandboken"
  • Course details
  • This course is given in English.

    The take-home assignments and exams will be given in English. But, the take-home assignment reports and final exam answers can be written by the students in either English or Swedish.

    Last exams

  • May 29, 2013:
        Exam in English;
        Solutions
  • March 13, 2013:
        Exam in English;
        Solutions
  • June 11, 2012:
        Exam in English;
        Solutions
  • March 14, 2012:
        Exam in English;
        Solutions

    Take-home assignments:

  • Assignment 1
        Problem description [pdf]
        This take-home assignment is on linear programming.
        The deadline is 13:15 on Monday, February 4, 2013.
  • The corrected assignments are available in a folder (with a yellow post-it on) at the student office at the math department.

  • Assignment 2
        Problem description [pdf]
        This take-home assignment is on optimization formulations.
        The deadline is 15.15 on Wednesday, February 13, 2013.
  • Assignment 3
        Problem description [pdf]
        This take-home assignment is on nonlinear optimization.
        The deadline is 13.15 on Monday, March 4, 2013.
  • Information about the exam

  • A formula sheet will be handed out during the exam. final version: pdf
  • Note that Calculators are not allowed in the exam!
  • Important: In order to participate in the exam on Wednesday,
        March 13, 2013, you must sign up for the exam at
        the KTH My pages (Mina sidor).

    Some old exams:

  • June 8, 2011:
        Exam in English; in Swedish
        Solutions
  • March 19, 2011:
        Exam in English; in Swedish
        Solutions
  • June 7, 2010:
        Exam in English; in Swedish
        Solutions
  • March 20, 2010:
        Exam in English; in Swedish
        Solutions
  • August 25, 2009:
        Exam in English
        Solutions
  • June 8, 2009:
        Exam in English
        Solutions
  • May 30, 2008:
        Exam in English
        I can not find the solutions anywhere.
        Ex. 5 is on a method that is not part of the course anymore.
  • March 11, 2008:
        Exam in English
        Solutions

    Extra material A short note on complementarity.

    Preliminary schedule of lectures The slides used at the lectures are used together with explanations on the board, so parts of the theory may not be possible to follow using only the slides, and some lectures will only use whiteboard and then there are no slides to post.

    Lecture Topics Chapters When? Where? Notes
    1 Introduction to linear programming;
    standard form.
    1, 2, 3 Jan.11, Fr.
    8-10,
    K1
    pdf
    2 Basic feasible solutions and Simplex. 3, 4, 5 Jan.14, Mo.
    15-17,
    K1
    pdf
    3 Simplex method. 5 Jan.17, Th.
    10-12,
    K1
    4 Linear Algebra
    23-26 Jan.23, We.
    15-17,
    K1
    pdf
    Lin. Alg.
    5 Duality theory. 6 Jan.24, Th.
    10-12,
    K1
    pdf
    6 Network flow problem. 7 Jan.30, We.
    15-17,
    K1
    pdf
    7 Transport Problems
    LDLT-factorization
    7.1, 9, 27 Jan.31, Th.
    10-12,
    K1
    pdf
    8 Quadratic optimization 8-11 Feb.6, We.
    15-17,
    K1
    pdf
    m-file
    9 Least squares;
    Nonlinear optimization.
    11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Feb.7, Th.
    13-15,
    K1
    10 Newton's method;
    nonlinear least sq.;
    Gauss-Newton.
    15, 16, 17 Feb.13, We.
    15-17,
    K1
    pdf
    11 Nonlinear optimization
    (equality constraints).
    18, 19 Feb.14, Th.
    8-10,
    K1
    pdf pdf
    12 Nonlinear optimization
    (inequality constraints).
    20 Feb.20, We.
    15-17,
    K1
    pdf
    13 Lagrange relaxation. 21 Feb.27, We.
    13-15,
    M2
    pdf
    14 Nonlinear optimization:
    convex case.
    22 Mar.6, We.
    15-17,
    K1
    pdf, pdf
    If you feel that you need to freshen up your knowledge in linear algebra, you may consider looking through the following recorded lessons by Gilbert Strang from MIT. Go to streaming lectures and start with lesson 6. (also available on youtube)

    Schedule of exercise classes

    Exercise class Exercises When? Where? Notes
    1 2.1; 3.3; 4.7,(1.6 from optT) Jan. 21, Mo. 13-15, Q22/26 1.
    2 Jan. 28, Mo. 13-15, Q22/26 1, 2,
    3 Feb. 4, Mo. 13-15, E32/35
    4 5.9 Feb. 11, Mo. 13-15, E32/35 1 2
    5 Feb. 18, Mo 13-15, E51/52
    6 Feb. 25, Mo. 13-15, Q22/26
    7 Mar. 4, Mo. 13-15, E51/52
    8 Mar. 7, Th. 8-10, E51/52 1

    Here is a link to recommended exercises.

    Here is a link to some old lecture notes.

    Chapterwise solutions to the exercises from the lecture notes:

  • Chapter 1 pdf file
  • Chapter 2 pdf file
  • Chapter 3 pdf file
  • Chapter 4 pdf file
  • Chapter 5 pdf file
  • Chapter 6 pdf file
  • Chapter 7 pdf file
  • Chapter 8 pdf file
  • Chapter 9 pdf file
  • Chapter 10 pdf file
  • Chapter 11 pdf file
  • Chapter 13 pdf file
  • Chapter 14 pdf file
  • Chapter 15 pdf file
  • Chapter 16 pdf file
  • Chapter 17 pdf file
  • Chapter 19 pdf file
  • Chapter 20 pdf file
  • Chapter 21 pdf file
  • Chapter 22 pdf file
  • Chapter 23 pdf file
  • Chapter 24 pdf file
  • Chapter 25 pdf file
  • Chapter 26 pdf file
  • Contact information

    Lecturer: Per Enqvist (penqvist@kth.se)
    room 3705, Lindstedtsv. 25, phone: 790 62 98.

    Best poster awards records

  • 2013 Björn Skanke "Optimizing passenger seating in Airbus A380"
    Malwina Maria Polak and Marcelina Polak "Investment Problem (Linear Model)"
  • 2012 Laura Kremer "An optimization approach for solving sudoko"


    Last update: January 8, 2013, by Per Enqvist.