Description
Book SynopsisThis textbook offers a guided tutorial that reviews the theoretical fundamentals while going through the practical examples used for constructing the computational frame, applied to various real-life models.
Computational Optimization: Success in Practice will lead the readers through the entire process. They will start with the simple calculus examples of fitting data and basics of optimal control methods and end up constructing a multi-component framework for running PDE-constrained optimization. This framework will be assembled piece by piece; the readers may apply this process at the levels of complexity matching their current projects or research needs.
By connecting examples with the theory and discussing the proper communication between them, the readers will learn the process of creating a big house. Moreover, they can use the framework exemplified in the book as the template for their research or course problems they will know how to change the
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Optimization. Chapter 2. Minimization Approaches for Functions of One Variable. Chapter 3. Generalized Optimization Framework. Chapter 4. Exploring Optimization Algorithms. Chapter 5. Line Search Algorithms. Chapter 6. Choosing Optimal Step Size. Chapter 7. Trust Region and Derivative-Free Methods. Chapter 8. Large-Scale and Constrained Optimization. Chapter 9. ODE-based Optimization. Chapter 10. Implementing Regularization Techniques. Chapter 11. Moving to PDE-based Optimization. Chapter 12. Sharing Multiple Software Environments.
