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.
- Representative
Questions
Assignments
Other Handouts
Computing Information
- Course Machines SOL lab, 1370 CS&S
-
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.
- Introduction to
UNIX at UW
- Instructions to
set up MATLAB
Mathematical Programming at UW
This page was updated January 22, 1996