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Submodular functions are discrete analogs of convex functions as well as concave functions in some contexts, arising in various fields of computer science and operations research. In this course we will cover the practical aspects of convex optimization, focusing on ways in which it can be applied to a wide variety of problems in computer science and elsewhere. Convex optimization is a subfield of mathematical optimization that studies the problem of minimizing convex functions over convex sets. If you register for it, you can access all the course materials. The first part of the course will cover the theory of convex programming and how that theory is translated into working code. Apr 18, 2014 optimization is when you search for variables that attain a global maximum or minimum of some function.
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