Numerical Optimization (Paperback, 2, Second 2006)

Preface.-Preface to the Second Edition.-Introduction.-Fundamentals of Unconstrained Optimization.-Line Search Methods.-Trust-Region Methods.-Conjugate Gradient Methods.-Quasi-Newton Methods.-Large-Scale Unconstrained Optimization.-Calculating Derivatives.-Derivative-Free Optimization.-Least-Squares Problems.-Nonlinear Equations.-Theory of Constrained Optimization.-Linear Programming: The Simplex Method.-Linear Programming: Interior-Point Methods.-Fundamentals of Algorithms for Nonlinear Constrained Optimization.-Quadratic Programming.-Penalty and Augmented Lagrangian Methods.-Sequential Quadratic Programming.-Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming.-Background Material.- Regularization Procedure.