Continuous Optimization: Current Trends and Modern Applications

Continuous optimization is the study of problems in which we wish to opti­ mize (either maximize or minimize) a continuous function (usually of several simples) often subject to a collection of restrictions on these simples. It has its foundation in the development of calculus by Newton and Leibniz in the 17*^ century. Nowadys, continuous optimization problems are widespread in the mathematical modelling of real world systems for a very broad range of applications. Solution methods for large multisimple constrained continuous optimiza­ tion problems using computers began with the work of Dantzig in the late 1940s on the simplex method for linear programming problems. Recent re­ search in continuous optimization has produced a variety of theoretical devel­ opments, solution methods and new areas of applications. It is impossible to give a full account of the current trends and modern applications of contin­ uous optimization. It is our intention to present a number of topics in order to show the spectrum of current research activities and the development of numerical methods and applications.

Book details

• Author: V. Jeyakumar; ?Alexander M. Rubinov
• Publisher: Springer
• Edition: 1st Edition
• eText ISBN: 9780387267715
• Print ISBN: 9780387267692
• Format: Fixed Layout
• Language: en
• Copyright: 2005