Applied Optimisation

1. The Basic Optimisation Problem
   1. General Formulation;
   2. Special Cases: Linear Programs; Convex Optimisation Problems;
   3. Motivating Examples
2. Linear Programming
   1. General form;
   2. Simplex Method;
   3. Applications in Network Flow;
3. Convex Optimisation
   1. Algorithms for Convex Optimisation;
   2. Applications of Convex Optimisation;
   3. Convex Optimisation in Communications and Signal Processing;
   4. Convex Optimisation in Wireless Communications
4. General Optimisation
   1. Mixed Integer Programming;
   2. Algorithms and Heuristics;
   3. Applications to VLSI and other relevant applications