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Optimization Concepts and Applications in Engineering

Authors

Ashok D. Belegundu, Pennsylvania State University, Tirupathi R. Chandrupatla, Rowan University, New Jersey
Published 2019

Description

Organizations and businesses strive toward excellence, and solutions to problems are based mostly on judgment and experience. However, increased competition and consumer demands require that the solutions be optimum and not just feasible. Theory leads to algorithms. Algorithms need to be translated into computer codes. Engineering problems need to be modeled. Optimum solutions are obtained using theory and computers, and then interpreted. Revised and expanded in its third edition, this textbook integrates theory, modeling, development of numerical methods, and problem…

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Key features

  • Teaches a variety of optimization topics in a manner that integrates theory, algorithms, modeling, and computer implementation
  • Gives students hands-on experience by providing in-house source codes in MATLAB®, JavaScript, Excel VBA, and Fortran, and also shows how readily available commercial software (Excel SOLVER and MATLAB® routines) can be used
  • Useful for students in academia as well as for practicing engineers, as solved examples teach how to tackle realistic engineering optimization problems
  • Provides detailed explanations of all concepts and solution algorithms

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