130 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Routledge
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Integrating computer graphics and computer-based exercises with the text, An Introduction to Unconstrained Optimisation illustrates key methods with many examples and exercises using the computer. The book takes an elementary approach to this advanced topic, allowing readers to concentrate on learning and understanding the concepts of numerical optimization without unnecessary involvement in the... Read more
Getting started
Searching for an optimum
Line searches
Direct search methods
Steepest descent
Conjugate gradients
Newton's method
Quasi-Newton methods
Least squares
Global optimization
Optimisation in practice
Bibliography
Index
Searching for an optimum
Line searches
Direct search methods
Steepest descent
Conjugate gradients
Newton's method
Quasi-Newton methods
Least squares
Global optimization
Optimisation in practice
Bibliography
Index
Biography
J McKeown (Queen's University of Belfast, N. Ireland) (Author) , D Meegan (Queen's University of Belfast, N. Ireland) (Author) , D Sprevak (Queen's University of Belfast, N. Ireland) (Author)
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