Introduction to Applied Optimization

• Main Author: Diwekar, Urmila (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications, 22
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Business.; Management science.; Chemical engineering.; System theory.; Mathematical optimization.; Calculus of variations.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Optimization.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Systems Theory, Control.; Business and Management, general.

This text presents a multi-disciplined view of optimization, providing students and researchers with a thorough examination of algorithms, methods, and tools from diverse areas of optimization without introducing excessive theoretical detail. This second edition includes additional topics, including...

Table of Contents:

• Linear Programming
• Nonlinear Programming
• Discrete Optimization
• Optimization Under Uncertainty
• Multiobjective Optimization
• Optimal Control and Dynamic Optimization.