01411nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802800360007608200120011210000180012424500540014226000370019630000450023336500340027850504260031252003310073865000240106965000180109365000300111165000240114170000160116520230301125913.0230301b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9788126524259  a: Donated by Prof. Amber Habib.  a515 FLE  a Fletcher, R.  aPractical methods of optimization.c/ R Fletcher.  a, Chichesterb: Wileyc, ©1987.  axiv, 436 pagesb: illustrationsc: 24cm.  bDonated by Prof. Amber Habib.  aUNCONSTRAINED 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.  aFully 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.  aOperations Research  aOptimaliseren  aMathematical optimization  aapplied mathematics  aR. Fletcher