Linear and Nonlinear Programming

Abstract

This book is intended as a text covering the central concepts of practical optimiza- tion techniques. It is designed for either self-study by professionals or classroom work at the undergraduate or graduate level for students who have a technical back- ground in engineering, mathematics, or science. Like the field of optimization itself, which involves many classical disciplines, the book should be useful to system ana- lysts, operations researchers, numerical analysts, management scientists, and other specialists from the host of disciplines from which practical optimization appli- cations are drawn. The prerequisites for convenient use of the book are relatively modest; the prime requirement being some familiarity with introductory elements of linear algebra. Certain sections and developments do assume some knowledge of more advanced concepts of linear algebra, such as eigenvector analysis, or some background in sets of real numbers, but the text is structured so that the mainstream of the development can be faithfully pursued without reliance on this more advanced background material