Practical methods of optimization.

Fletcher, R.

Practical methods of optimization. / R Fletcher. - , Chichester : Wiley , ©1987. - xiv, 436 pages : illustrations : 24cm.

UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION. Structure of Methods. Newton-like Methods. Conjugate Direction Methods. Restricted Step Methods. Sums of Squares and Nonlinear Equations. CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION. Linear Programming. The Theory of Constrained Optimization. Quadratic Programming. General Linearly Constrained Optimization. Nonlinear Programming. Other Optimization Problems. Non-Smooth Optimization. References. Subject Index.

Fully describes optimization methods that are currently most valuable in solving real-life problems. Since optimization has applications in almost every branch of science and technology, the text emphasizes their practical aspects in conjunction with the heuristics useful in making them perform more reliably and efficiently.

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Operations Research
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Mathematical optimization
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