Applied Optimization : Formulation and Algorithms for Engineering Systems (Hardcover)

List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Problems, algorithms and solutions; 3. Transformation of problems; Part I: Linear simultaneous equations; 4. Case studies; 5. Algorithms; Part II: Non-linear simultaneous equations; 6. Case Studies; 7. Algorithms; 8. Solution of the case studies; Part III: Unconstrained optimization; 9. Case studies; 10 Algorithms; 11. Solution of the case studies; Part IV: Equality-constrained optimization; 12. Case studies; 13. Algorithms for linear constraints; 14. Algorithms for non-linear constraints; Part V: Inequality-constrained optimization; 15. Case studies; 16. Algorithms for non-negativity constraints; 17. Algorithms for linear constraints; 18. Solution of the linearly constrained case studies; 19. Algorithms for non-linear constraints; 20. Solution of the non-linearly constrained case studies; References; Index; Appendices.