CS 733 (Also ECE and MATH):
Computational Methods for Large Sparse Systems
Spring 1996
Schedule
Lecture: 9:55 - 10:45 MWF, 1263 CS&S
Course E-mail: cs733-1list@cs.wisc.edu
No class: Friday, February 26, 1996.
Office: 6391 CS&S
Telephone: 262-4281
E-mail: ferris@cs.wisc.edu
Office Hours: 11:00 - 12:00 Mondays and Wednesdays
Teaching Assistant:
Lee Yuh-Jye
Office: 1307 CS&S
Telephone: 262-0662
E-mail: leey@cae.wisc.edu
Office Hours: 2:30 - 4:00 Tuesdays and Thursdays
Recommended Textbooks:
Matrix Computations, G. Golub and C. Van Loan, Johns Hopkins
University Press, Second Edition, 1991.
Direct Methods for Sparse Matrices,
I.S. Duff, A.M. Erisman and J.K. Reid,
Oxford Science Publications, 1990.
Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces,
P.R. Halmos,
Springer Verlag, 1974.
General Course Information
- Course Overview
- Introduction: storage schemes.
- Gaussian elimination: dense, error analysis, sparse.
- Local pivotal strategies.
- Matrix modifications.
- Iterative linear solvers.
- Sparse least squares.
- Sparse nonlinear equations.
- Optimization applications.
- Parallel techniques.
- Eigenvalue and eigenvectors.
- Prerequisite (CS 367, 412 and Math 340) or
(CS 367 and ECE 416) or
(Consent of Instructor).
Grading
- Homework assignments: 40% of grade
- Project assignment:
- 30% of grade
- Due: Wednesday, May 1, 1996, in class.
- Final examination:
- 30% of grade
- Monday, May 13, 1996, 2:45-4:45 in CS 1263.
- Closed book, except 2 sheets of paper allowed.
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Representative Questions
Assignments
Other Handouts
Computing Information
- Course Machines SOL lab, 1370 CS&S
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Unix Orientation sessions, for first-time unix users and
novice Unix users who have not previously used the CSL Unix
workstations will be held:
Monday - Thursday the first week of classes:
4 and 6 pm
room 1221 CS&S
Monday - Thursday the second week of classes:
4 pm
room 1221 CS&S
Orientation sessions last 60-90 minutes.
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Introduction to UNIX at UW
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Instructions to set up MATLAB
Mathematical Programming at UW
This page was updated January 22, 1996