An introduction to optimization /

"The purpose of the book is to give the reader a working knowledge of optimization theory and methods"--

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Main Authors: Chong, Edwin Kah Pin (Author)
Group Author: Żak, Stanislaw H
Published: Wiley,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, New Jersey :
Publication Dates: [2013]
©2013
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Fourth edition.
Series: Wiley series in discrete mathematics and optimization
Subjects:
Summary: "The purpose of the book is to give the reader a working knowledge of optimization theory and methods"--
Item Description: "A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., publication."
Carrier Form: xv, 622 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-607) and index.
ISBN: 9781118279014 (hardback) :
1118279018 (hardback)
Index Number: QA402
CLC: O224
Call Number: O224/C548/4th ed.
Contents: Part 1: Mathematical review. Methods of proof and some notation ; Vector spaces and matrices ; Transformations ; Concepts from geometry ; Elements of calculus. -- Part 2: Unconstrained optimization. Basics of set-constrained and unconstrained optimization ; One-dimensional search methods ; Gradient methods ; Newton's method ; Conjugate direction methods ; Quasi-Newton methods ; Solving linear equations ; Unconstrained optimization and neural networks ; Global search algorithms. -- Part 3: Linear programming. Introduction to linear programming ; Simplex method ; Duality ; Nonsimplex methods ; Integer linear programming. -- Part 4: Nonlinear constrained optimization. Problem with equality constraints ; Problems with inequality constraints ; Convex optimization problems ; Algorithms for constrained optimization ; Multiobjective optimization.