Lecturer: Paolo Di Barba  

Course name: CAD e compatibilitá elettromagnetica industriale
Course code: 503068
Degree course: Ingegneria Elettrica, Ingegneria Elettronica e Informatica
Disciplinary field of science: ING-IND/31
University credits: ECTS 3
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

Knowledge of inverse problems and optimization methods.

Course programme

Inverse problems
Direct and inverse problems. Well-posed and ill-posed problems. Fredholm's integral equation of the first kind. Under- and over-determined systems of equations. Least-squares solution. Classification of inverse problems.

Optimization
Solutions of inverse problems by the minimization of a functional. Constrained optimization. Multiobjective optimization. Gradient-free and gradient-based methods. Deterministic vs non-deterministic search. Numerical case studies.

Course entry requirements

Knowledge of circuit and electromagnetic field theory.

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 23
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

P. Di Barba, A. Savini, S. Wiak. Field models in electricity and magnetism. Springer, 2008.

Testing and exams

The final examination consists in developing a case study. This work will be discussed in an interview.