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The basics of practical optimization / Adam B. Levy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levy, Adam B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematical optimization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (xvii, 149 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital file.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM, 3600 Market Street, Floor 6, Philadelphia, PA 19104), 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Summary:
- This textbook provides undergraduate students with an introduction to optimization and its uses for relevant and realistic problems. The only prerequisite for readers is a basic understanding of multivariable calculus because additional materials, such as explanations of matrix tools, are provided in a series of Asides both throughout the text at relevant points and in a handy appendix.
- Contents:
- 1. Modeling
- 2. Impractical optimization
- 3. Basic practical optimization
- 4. Some practical modifications
- 5. How methods are ranked
- 6. Constraints
- 7. More practical modifications
- 8. Integer variables
- 9. Other methods.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on title page of print version.
- ISBN:
- 1-62870-859-X
- 0-89871-767-1
- Publisher Number:
- OT114 siam
- OT114 SIAM
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