Optimization Theory and Methods
Nonlinear Programming
Series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications, Vol.1 Sun, Wenyu, Yuan, Ya-xiang 2006, XII, 687 p. 25 illus., Hardcover
ISBN: 0-387-24975-3

About this book

This book, a result of the author's teaching and research experience in various   universities and institutes over the past ten years, can be used as a textbook for an optimization course for graduates and senior undergraduates. It systematically  describes optimization theory and several powerful methods, including recent  results. For most methods, the authors discuss an idea’s motivation, study the derivation, establish the global and local convergence, describe algorithmic  steps, and discuss the numerical performance. The book deals with both theory and algorithms of optimization concurrently. It also contains an extensive  bibliography. Finally, apart from its use for teaching, Optimization Theory and Methods will be very beneficial as a research reference.

Written for: Senior students, graduates, teachers, and researchers in optimization, operations research, computational mathematics, applied mathematics, and some engineering and economics; scientists in engineering and economics.

Keywords: Constrained optimization

Mathematical programming
Nonsmooth optimization
Numerical optimization
Unconstrained optimization