Optimisation
Optimisation is about finding the "best" way to do a task, subject to any restrictions. Research in optimisation includes model development, analysis, numerical techniques and applications.
Research interests
- Applied nonlinear functional analysis
- Convex geometry and optimisation
- Global optimisation
- Integer programming
- Nonlinear programming
- Nonsmooth analysis and optimisation
- Numerical methods for nonsmooth problems
- Polynomial optimisation
- Robust optimisation
- Semidefinite programming
- Stochastic programming
- Application of optimisation techniques to: approximation; biology; finance; engineering; statistics; data mining; fluid mixing; lung cancer radiotherapy; open pit mining; minimise aircraft delays; efficiently recover disrupted airline schedules; schedule single track rail freight; scheduling port operations.
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