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Throughout industry and science, optimisation tasks require the trading-off of multiple quality criteria which are in competition with one another. This multi-objective optimisation task often requires the search and return of a set of solutions rather than a single design. This module spans specialised ‘expensive’ optimisation approaches where the cost function can only be queries a few hundred times at most, through to those designed for real-time optimisation of multi-objective optimisation problems which change over time, and robust optimisation. It also covers multi-criterion decision making – which is concerned with how a final design is selected from a trade-off set. 

For MSc students who will not have taken ECM2423 , it is recommended to take ECMM409 (but it is not a requirement).

_{Please note that all modules are subject to change, please get in touch if you have any questions about this module.}