An Introduction to Optimization
Published on 17. November 1995
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-471-08949-0 (ISBN)
Description
This introduction to optimization methods and theory is aimed at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate. Supplemented with worked examples to illustrate both theory and algorithms, it describes such topics as unconstrained optimization, linear programming and constrained optimization.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
100 tables, illustrations, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
765 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-08949-0 (9780471089490)
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Edwin K. P. Chong | Stanislaw H. Zak
An Introduction to Optimization
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08/2001
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Content
Partial table of contents:; MATHEMATICAL REVIEW; Methods of Proof and Some Notation; Real Vector Spaces and Matrices; Transformations; Concepts from Geometry; UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; One-Dimensional Search Methods; Gradient Methods; Newton's Method; Conjugate Direction Methods; Quasi-Newton Methods; Genetic Algorithms; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; Introduction to Linear Programming; The Simplex Method; Duality; Non-Simplex Methods; NONLINEAR CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; Problems with Inequality Constraints; Convex Optimization Problems; Bibliography; Index.