The Optimization Problem -- Basic Principles -- General Properties of Algorithms -- One-Dimensional Optimization -- Basic Multidimensional Gradient Methods -- Conjugate-Direction Methods -- Quasi-Newton Methods -- Minimax Methods -- Applications of Unconstrained Optimization -- Fundamentals of Constrained Optimization -- Linear Programming Part I: The Simplex Method -- Linear Programming Part II: Interior-Point Methods -- Quadratic and Convex Programming -- Semidefinite and Second-Order Cone Programming -- General Nonlinear Optimization Problems -- Applications of Constrained Optimization
Summary
"Practical Optimization: Algorithms and Engineering Applications provides a hands-on treatment of the subject of optimization. A comprehensive set of problems and exercises makes the book suitable for use in one or two semesters of a first-year graduate course or an advanced undergraduate course. Each half of the book contains a full semester's worth of complementary, yet stand-alone, material. The practical orientation of the topics chosen and a wealth of useful examples also make the book suitable as a reference work for practitioners in the field."--Jacket
