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Unconstrained Optimization: Basics of set-constrained and unconstrained optimization: Conditions for local minimizers. One-dimensional search methods: Golden Section search, Newton’s method, Secant method, Line search method. Gradient methods: The method of steepest descent, Analysis of gradient methods. Newton’s Method: Analysis of Newton’s method, Levenberg-Marquardt modification, Non-linear least squares. Conjugate Direction Methods: Conjugate direction and conjugate gradient algorithm, Conjugate gradient algorithm for non-quadratic problems. Quasi-Newton Methods: Approximating the inverse Hessian, The rank one correction formula. Least-squares Analysis, Recursive Least Square algorithm, Solution of by minimizing , Kacmarz’s algorithm, Solving in general, Genetic Algorithms. Linear Programming Problems: Introduction to linear programming, Simplex method, Duality, Non-Simples methods. Nonlinear Constrained Optimization: Problems with equality constraints: Introduction, Problem Formulation, Tangent and Normal Spaces, Lagrange condition, Second-order conditions, Minimizing quadratics subject to linear constraints. Problems with inequality constraints: Karush-Kuhn-Tucker condition, Second-Order conditions. Convex optimization problems.



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Book Title : An Introduction to Optimization
Author : Edwin K. P. Chong & Stanislaw H. Zak
Edition : 2nd Edition
Publisher : JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC







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Title : An Introduction to Optimization by Edwin K.P. Chong & Stanislaw H. Zak
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Title : Chapter 17: Duality
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Title : Chapter 21: Convex Optimization
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