Description

Book Synopsis
This textbook provides a thorough treatment of standard methods such as linear and quadratic programming, Newton-like methods and the conjugate gradient method. The theoretical aspects of the subject include a treatment of optimality conditions and the significance of Lagrange multipliers.

Table of Contents
UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION.

Structure of Methods.

Newton-like Methods.

Conjugate Direction Methods.

Restricted Step Methods.

Sums of Squares and Nonlinear Equations.

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION.

Linear Programming.

The Theory of Constrained Optimization.

Quadratic Programming.

General Linearly Constrained Optimization.

Nonlinear Programming.

Other Optimization Problems.

Non-Smooth Optimization.

References.

Subject Index.

Practical Methods of Optimization

    Product form

    A Paperback / softback by R. Fletcher

    £69.26

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £76.95 – you save £7.69 (9%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Thu 19 Nov 2026.

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Practical Methods of Optimization by R. Fletcher

      Book details

      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 23 May 2000
      ISBN-13 9780471494638
      978-0471494638
      ISBN-10 0471494631
      Also in:
      Mathematics Optimization

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This textbook provides a thorough treatment of standard methods such as linear and quadratic programming, Newton-like methods and the conjugate gradient method. The theoretical aspects of the subject include a treatment of optimality conditions and the significance of Lagrange multipliers.

      Table of Contents
      UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION.

      Structure of Methods.

      Newton-like Methods.

      Conjugate Direction Methods.

      Restricted Step Methods.

      Sums of Squares and Nonlinear Equations.

      CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION.

      Linear Programming.

      The Theory of Constrained Optimization.

      Quadratic Programming.

      General Linearly Constrained Optimization.

      Nonlinear Programming.

      Other Optimization Problems.

      Non-Smooth Optimization.

      References.

      Subject Index.

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account