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This book presents basic optimization principles and gradient-based algorithms to a general audience, in a brief and easy-to-read form. It enables professionals to apply optimization theory to engineering, physics, chemistry, or business economics.

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From the reviews: The book ??? is a timely addition to the literature on optimization basics and algorithms. ??? It covers all the important topics required to teach basic concepts and methods of optimization. These topics are presented in a concise yet rigorous manner. All the basic concepts are well explained and illustrated. ??? The text is written in a very readable and teachable way. It will be useful as a text book in undergraduate senior-level and first-year graduate-level courses in engineering and other applied science fields. (Jasbir S. Arora, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 31 (3), 2006) From the reviews: The book a ] is a timely addition to the literature on optimization basics and algorithms. a ] It covers all the important topics required to teach basic concepts and methods of optimization. These topics are presented in a concise yet rigorous manner. All the basic concepts are well explained and illustrated. a ] The text is written in a very readable and teachable way. It will be useful as a text book in undergraduate senior-level and first-year graduate-level courses in engineering and other applied science fields. (Jasbir S. Arora, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 31 (3), 2006)

From the reviews: <p> The book a ] is a timely addition to the literature on optimization basics and algorithms. a ] It covers all the important topics required to teach basic concepts and methods of optimization. These topics are presented in a concise yet rigorous manner. All the basic concepts are well explained and illustrated. a ] The text is written in a very readable and teachable way. It will be useful as a text book in undergraduate senior-level and first-year graduate-level courses in engineering and other applied science fields. (Jasbir S. Arora, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 31 (3), 2006)

From the reviews: The book a ] is a timely addition to the literature on optimization basics and algorithms. a ] It covers all the important topics required to teach basic concepts and methods of optimization. These topics are presented in a concise yet rigorous manner. All the basic concepts are well explained and illustrated. a ] The text is written in a very readable and teachable way. It will be useful as a text book in undergraduate senior-level and first-year graduate-level courses in engineering and other applied science fields. (Jasbir S. Arora, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 31 (3), 2006) From the reviews: The book ??? is a timely addition to the literature on optimization basics and algorithms. ??? It covers all the important topics required to teach basic concepts and methods of optimization. These topics are presented in a concise yet rigorous manner. All the basic concepts are well explained and illustrated. ??? The text is written in a very readable and teachable way. It will be useful as a text book in undergraduate senior-level and first-year graduate-level courses in engineering and other applied science fields. (Jasbir S. Arora, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 31 (3), 2006)

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