Optimization Theory and Methods: Nonlinear Programming

by Wenyu Sun, Ya-xiang Yuan

Optimization Theory and Methods can be used as a textbook for an optimization course for graduates and senior undergraduates. It is the result of the author's teaching and research over the past decade. It describes optimization theory and several powerful methods. For most methods, the book discusses an idea’s motivation, studies the derivation, establishes the global and local convergence, describes algorithmic steps, and discusses the numerical performance.

699 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006