| Continuous Optimization: Current Trends and Modern Applications 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Jeyakumar, V. (Editor), Rubinov, Alexander M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0387267697 ISBN-13: 9780387267692 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Calculus - Mathematics | Linear & Nonlinear Programming - Mathematics | Applied |
| Dewey: 515.222 |
| LCCN: 2005049900 |
| Series: Applied Optimization |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (1.55 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Continuous optimization is the study of problems in which we wish to opti- mize (either maximize or minimize) a continuous function (usually of several variables) often subject to a collection of restrictions on these variables. It has its foundation in the development of calculus by Newton and Leibniz in the 17* century. Nowadys, continuous optimization problems are widespread in the mathematical modelling of real world systems for a very broad range of applications. Solution methods for large multivariable constrained continuous optimiza- tion problems using computers began with the work of Dantzig in the late 1940s on the simplex method for linear programming problems. Recent re- search in continuous optimization has produced a variety of theoretical devel- opments, solution methods and new areas of applications. It is impossible to give a full account of the current trends and modern applications of contin- uous optimization. It is our intention to present a number of topics in order to show the spectrum of current research activities and the development of numerical methods and applications. |