Introduction to Applied Optimization (Springer Optimization and Its Applications, 22, Band 22) [Hardcover] Diwekar, Urmila M.

Diwekar, Urmila M.

ISBN 10: 3030554031 / ISBN 13: 9783030554033

Verlag: Springer, 2020

Beschreibung

unread, with a mimimum of shelfwear.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers CE-2304C-LEGUAN-02-1000

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Introduction to Applied Optimization (Springer Optimization and Its Applications, 22, Band 22) [Hardcover] Diwekar, Urmila M.
• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3030554031
• ISBN-13: 9783030554033
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 3. Auflage
• Zustand: Very Good

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

• Provides well-written self-contained chapters, including problem sets and exercises, making it ideal for the classroom setting;
• Introduces applied optimization to the hazardous waste blending problem;
• Explores linear programming, nonlinear programming, discrete optimization, global optimization, optimization under uncertainty, multi-objective optimization, optimal control and stochastic optimal control;
• Includes an extensive bibliography at the end of each chapter and an index;
• GAMS files of case studies for Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 are linked to http://www.springer.com/math/book/978-0-387-76634-8;

          Solutions manual available upon adoptions.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Urmila Diwekar is the president of the Vishwamitra Research, a non-profit research institute that she founded to pursue multidisciplinary research in the areas of Optimization under Uncertainty and Computer-aided Design applied to Energy, Environment, and Sustainability.  From 2002-2004, she was a Professor in the Departments of Chemical Engineering, Bio-Engineering, and Industrial Engineering, and in the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).  She has a special formal arrangement with UIC where remains as the main advisor for her Ph.D. and M.S. students and teaches a course on optimization.  From 1991-2002 she was on the faculty of the Carnegie Mellon University, with early promotions to both the Associate and the Full Professor level.