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Optimization : Insights and Applications /

This self-contained textbook is an informal introduction to optimization through the use of numerous illustrations and applications. The focus is on analytically solving optimization problems with a finite number of continuous variables. In addition, the authors provide introductions to classical an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Brinkhuis, Jan (Autor), Tikhomirov, Vladimir (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2011]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics ; 13
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This self-contained textbook is an informal introduction to optimization through the use of numerous illustrations and applications. The focus is on analytically solving optimization problems with a finite number of continuous variables. In addition, the authors provide introductions to classical and modern numerical methods of optimization and to dynamic optimization. The book's overarching point is that most problems may be solved by the direct application of the theorems of Fermat, Lagrange, and Weierstrass. The authors show how the intuition for each of the theoretical results can be supported by simple geometric figures. They include numerous applications through the use of varied classical and practical problems. Even experts may find some of these applications truly surprising. A basic mathematical knowledge is sufficient to understand the topics covered in this book. More advanced readers, even experts, will be surprised to see how all main results can be grounded on the Fermat-Lagrange theorem. The book can be used for courses on continuous optimization, from introductory to advanced, for any field for which optimization is relevant.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (680 p.) : 106 line illus.
ISBN:9781400829361
9783110515831
9783110442502
Acceso:restricted access