This lecture introduces the main policies of the course and an outline of its content. We close with an introduction to the concepts of heuristics, metaheurisitcs, and hyperheuristics in the context of Engineering Design Optimization specifically and optimization more generally. We hint at the idea that nature provides templates for heuristics at all three levels, and this class aims to understand how these natural systems work and what can be taken from them in the design of heuristics for engineered systems.
Whiteboard note for this lecture can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gza807hargomj414wo7fz/IEE598-Lecture1A-2026-01-13-Introduction_to_Course_Policies_and_Motivations-Notes.pdf?rlkey=bl3tx0oa1vbaz79vxahrxipmi&dl=0
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