Industrial and
EIN 6918: Graduate Seminar
Spring 2007
February 15, 2007
3PM, FLG 210
Optimization
Algorithms and Software at SOL and UCSD
Michael
Saunders
Systems
Optimization Laboratory (SOL)
Department
of Management Science and Engineering
Abstract
Some well known software packages have been developed at Stanford and UC San Diego during the last 30 years. They include algorithms for sparse linear equations (SYMMLQ, MINRES, LSQR, LUSOL) and various optimization solvers (MINOS, NPSOL, PDCO, QPOPT, SpaseLoc, SNOPT, SQOPT).
We give a personal history of these codes and some of their scientific applications, including optimal trajectories for aircraft, spacecraft, and autonomous vehicles.