Engineering optimization: theory and practice/ Singiresu S Rao

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Introduction to optimization - - classical optoimization techniques - - linear programming i:simplex method - - linear programming ii: additional topics and extensions - - nonlinear programming i: one-Dimensional Minization methods - - nonlinear programming ii: unconstarined optimization techniques - - nonlinear programming iii: constrained optimization techniques - - geometric programming - - dynamic programming - - integer programming - - stochastic programming - - further topics in optimization - - practical aspects of optimization - - appendix A. convex and concave functions - - Appendix B. some computational aspects of optimization - - answer to select problems - - index.