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An introduction to optimization

Edwin K.P. Chong, Stanislaw H.Żak

(Wiley-Interscience series in discrete mathematics and optimization)

Wiley, c2001

2nd ed.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Description

A modern, up-to-date introduction to optimization theory and methods This authoritative book serves as an introductory text to optimization at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. With consistently accessible and elementary treatment of all topics, An Introduction to Optimization, Second Edition helps students build a solid working knowledge of the field, including unconstrained optimization, linear programming, and constrained optimization. Supplemented with more than one hundred tables and illustrations, an extensive bibliography, and numerous worked examples to illustrate both theory and algorithms, this book also provides: A review of the required mathematical background material A mathematical discussion at a level accessible to MBA and business students A treatment of both linear and nonlinear programming An introduction to recent developments, including neural networks, genetic algorithms, and interior-point methods A chapter on the use of descent algorithms for the training of feedforward neural networks Exercise problems after every chapter, many new to this edition MATLAB(r) exercises and examples Accompanying Instructor's Solutions Manual available on request An Introduction to Optimization, Second Edition helps students prepare for the advanced topics and technological developments that lie ahead. It is also a useful book for researchers and professionals in mathematics, electrical engineering, economics, statistics, and business.

Table of Contents

Preface. MATHEMATICAL REVIEW. Methods of Proof and Some Notation. Vector Spaces and Matrices. Transformations. Concepts from Geometry. Elements of Calculus. 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 Ax = b. Unconstrained Optimization and Neural Networks. Genetic Algorithms. LINEAR PROGRAMMING. Introduction to Linear Programming. Simplex Method. Duality. Non--Simplex Methods. NONLINEAR CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION. Problems with Equality Constraints. Problems with Inequality Constraints. Convex Optimization Problems. Algorithms for Constrained Optimization. References. Index.

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  • NCID
    BA57086495
  • ISBN
    • 0471391263
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 476 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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