Introduction to Optimization (Texts in Applied Mathematics, 46, Band 46) - Hardcover

Pedregal, Pablo

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ISBN 10: 0387403981 ISBN 13: 9780387403984

Verlag: Springer, 2003

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This undergraduate textbook aims to introduce students of science and engineering to the fascinating field of optimization. It brings together mathematical programming, variational problems, and optimal control, thus giving students an overall view of the subject. Applied mathematicians, physicists, engineers, and scientists will all find this introduction to optimization useful.

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Pablo Pedregal received his Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota at the end of 1989, under the guidance of D. Kinderlehrer. Soon after that, he became Associate Professor at U. Complutense. During the academic year 1994-95 he moved to U. de Castilla-La Mancha where he led the Math Department for several years. In 1997 he became full professor. His field of interest focuses on variational techniques applied to optimization in a broad sense, including, but not limited to, calculus of variations-especially vector, non-convex problems-, optimal design in continuous media, optimal control, etc, and more recently he has explored variational ideas in areas like inverse problems, and dynamical systems, as well as optimal control problems governed by hyper-elasticity. He has regularly traveled to research centers in the USA and Europe. He has written more than one hundred research articles, seven specialized books (at least three of them with Springer), and some other of a more didactic style for undergraduates.

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This undergraduate textbook introduces students of science and engineering to the fascinating field of optimization. It is a unique book that brings together the subfields of mathematical programming, variational calculus, and optimization in a single reference. As a primer on optimization, its main goal is to provide a succinct and accessible introduction to linear programming, nonlinear programming, numerical optimization algorithms, variational problems, dynamic programming, and optimal control. Prerequisites have been kept to a minimum, although a basic knowledge of calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations is assumed.

There are numerous examples, illustrations, and exercises throughout the text, making it an ideal book for self-study. Applied mathematicians, physicists, engineers, and scientists will find this introduction to optimization extremely useful.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0387403981
• ISBN 13: 9780387403984
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
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