An introduction to optimization /
"Optimization is central to any problem involving decision making in many disciplines, such as engineering, mathematics, statistics, economics, and computer science. Now, more than ever, it is increasingly vital to have a firm grasp of the topic due to the rapid progress in computer technology,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley-Interscience,
©2008.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed., Fully updated. |
| Series: | Wiley-Interscience series in discrete mathematics and optimization.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Methods of proof and some notation
- Vector spaces and matrices
- Transformations
- Concepts from geometry
- Elements of calculus
- 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
- Introduction to linear programming
- Simplex method
- Duality
- Nonsimplex methods
- Problems with equality constraints
- Problems with inequality constraints
- Convex optimization problems
- Algorithms for constrained optimization
- Multiobjective optimization.
