Assignments

Reading Assignments

Unless otherwise noted, all reading assignments are from the textbook. Copyright in this book is held by Cambridge University Press.

Readings	Due Date
Chapters 1 and 2	Lecture 4
Chapters 3 and 4	Lecture 6
CVX Users' Guide	Lecture 8
Chapter 5	Lecture 10
Chapters 6 and 7	Lecture 12
Chapter 8 and appendix C	Lecture 14
Chapter 9	Lecture 16
Chapters 10 and 11	Lecture 18

Homework Assignments

All numbered exercises are from the textbook. Copyright in this book is held by Cambridge University Press.

You will sometimes need to download Matlab files.

Assignment	Exercises	Solutions	Due Date
Homework 1	2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 2.12, and 2.15	Solutions	Lecture 4
Homework 2	2.28, 2.33, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6, 3.15, 3.16(b-e), 3.18(b), 3.24(f-h), 3.36(a,d) Hint for 3.5: For each , is convex in and thus is a convex function of .	Solutions	Lecture 6
Homework 3	3.42, 3.54, 3.57, 4.1, 4.4, 4.8(a-e), 4.17, and some additional exercises	Solutions	Lecture 8
Homework 4	4.11, 4.16, 4.29, 4.30, 5.1, and some additional exercises Hint for 4.29: The condition is: There exists a feasible for which	Solutions	Lecture 10
Homework 5	4.15, 4.60, 5.13, 6.2, and some additional exercises	Solutions	Lecture 12
Homework 6	6.9, and some additional exercises. You will also need to download flowgray.png Warning. Early printings of the book contain an error in the formulation of the A-optimal experiment design problem. See the book errata page	Solutions	Lecture 14
Homework 7	8.16, 9.30, 9.31 and some additional exercises (which include some hints for 9.30 and 9.31).	Solutions	Lecture 16
Homework 8	9.8, 10.1a, 11.13, and some additional exercises	Solutions	Lecture 19