A first course in optimization / Charles L. Byrne, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
By: Byrne, Charles L [author.].
Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2015]Description: xxiv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781482226560 (hardback : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Mathematical optimization -- TextbooksGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, this text provides a much-needed contemporary introduction to optimization. Emphasizing general problems and the underlying theory, it covers the fundamental problems of constrained and unconstrained optimization, linear and convex programming, fundamental iterative solution algorithms, gradient methods, the Newton-Raphson algorithm and its variants, and sequential unconstrained optimization methods. The book presents the necessary mathematical tools and results as well as applications, such as game theory"-- Provided by publisher.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QA402.5 .B97 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000004306 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.
"Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, this text provides a much-needed contemporary introduction to optimization. Emphasizing general problems and the underlying theory, it covers the fundamental problems of constrained and unconstrained optimization, linear and convex programming, fundamental iterative solution algorithms, gradient methods, the Newton-Raphson algorithm and its variants, and sequential unconstrained optimization methods. The book presents the necessary mathematical tools and results as well as applications, such as game theory"-- Provided by publisher.