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The Basics of Practical Optimization

by Adam Levy
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9789386235435
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
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  • Pages: 168
  • Original Price: INR 850.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 650 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

This textbook provides undergraduate students with an introduction to optimization and its uses for relevant and realistic problems. The only prerequisite for readers is a basic understanding of multivariable calculus because additional materials, such as explanations of matrix tools, are provided in a series of Asides both throughout the text at relevant points and in a handy appendix.

The book presents

  • step-by-step solutions for five prototypical examples that fit the general optimization model,
  • instruction on using numerical methods to solve models and making informed use of the results,
  • information on how to optimize while adjusting the method to accommodate various practical concerns,
  • three fundamentally different approaches to optimizing functions under constraints, and
  • ways to handle the special case when the variables are integers.

The author provides four types of learn-by-doing activities throughout the book:

  • Exercises meant to be attempted as they are encountered and that are short enough for in-class use
  • Problems for lengthier in-class work or homework
  • Computational Problems for homework or a computer lab session
  • Implementations usable as collaborative activities in the computer lab over extended periods of time

This textbook is appropriate for undergraduate students who have taken a multivariable calculus course. 

Keywords: optimization; linear programming; applied mathematics; modelling; numerical methods

Adam Levy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Bowdoin College. He was recognized in 1997 with the college's Sydney B. Korofsky prize for excellence in undergraduate teaching and has published over two dozen journal articles on optimization.

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