Practical Methods of Optimization

Preface Table of Notation Part 1: Unconstrained Optimization Introduction Structure of Methods Newton-like Methods Conjugate Direction Methods Restricted Step Methods Sums of Squares and Nonlinear Equations Part 2: Constrained Optimization Introduction Linear Programming The Theory of Constrained Optimization Quadratic Programming General Linearly Constrained Optimization Nonlinear Programming Other Optimization Problems Non-Smooth Optimization References Subject Index.