Recap: Example: Minimum Cardinality Problem, Interpretation As Convex Relaxation, Interpretation Via Convex Envelope, Weighted And Asymmetric L_1 Heuristics, Regressor Selection, Sparse Signal Reconstruction, L_1-Norm Methods For Convex-Cardinality Problems Part II, Total Variation Reconstruction, Total Variation Reconstruction, TV Reconstruction, L_2 Reconstruction, Iterated Weighted L_1 Heuristic, Sparse Solution Of Linear Inequalities, Detecting Changes In Time Series Model, Time Series And True Coefficients, TV Heuristic And Iterated TV Heuristic, Extension To Matrices, Factor Modeling, Trace Approximation Results, Summary: L_1-Norm Methods
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.
