TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bartholomew-Biggs,Michael C
TI  - Nonlinear optimization with engineering applications
T2  - Springer optimization and its applications
SN  - 9780387787220
AV  - QA402.5 .B37 2008
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Springer
KW  - Mathematical optimization
KW  - Nonlinear theories
KW  - Engineering mathematics
N1  - Contents;  	List of Figures;  	List of Tables; 1	Introducing Optimization; 2	One-variable Optimization; 3	Applications in n Variables; 4	n-Variable Unconstrained Optimization; 5	Direct Search Methods; 6	Computing Derivatives; 7	The Steepest Descent Method; 8	Weak Line Searches and Convergence; 9	Newton and Newton-like Methods; 10	Quasi-Newton Methods; 11	Conjugate Gradient Methods; 12	A Summary of Unconstrained Methods; 14	Larger-Scale Problems; 15	Global Unconstrained Optimization; 16	Equality Constrained Optimization; 17	Linear Equality Constraints; 18	Penalty Function Methods; 19	Sequential Quadratic Programming; 20	Inequality Constrained Optimization; 21	Extending Equality Constraint Methods; 22	Barrier Function Methods; 23	Interior Point Methods; 24	A Summary of Constrained Methods; 25	The OPTIMA Software;  	References;  	Index
ER  -