Introduction to Optimization

• Main Author: Pedregal, Pablo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Series: Texts in Applied Mathematics, 46
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Game theory.; Mathematical optimization.; Physics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Optimization.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This undergraduate textbook introduces students of science and engineering to the fascinating field of optimization. It is a unique book that brings together the subfields of mathematical programming, variational calculus, and optimization in a single reference. As a primer on optimization, its mai...

Table of Contents:

• Linear Programming
• Nonlinear Programming
• Approximation Techniques
• Variational Problems and Dynamic Programming
• Optimal Control.