2013-2014 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog (without addenda) 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
2013-2014 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CBE 8113 Optimization in Biological Systems

3 Credits
This course introduces the mathematical programming approach. Topics include tree and network representations; review of the basic concepts in optimization; Kuhn-Tucker optimality conditions; non-linear programming algorithms; modeling techniques for formulating non-linear models; review of linear programming; modeling of continuous and discrete decisions; mixed-integer linear programming techniques (MILP); logical inference and MILP; mixed-integer non-linear programming algorithms (MINLP); applications in computational molecular biology; genotyping of pooled micro-satellite markers; genome rearrangement by DNA inversions; multiple alignment problems; optimization applications in protein systems; and optimization applications in metabolic networks.

Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0