Optimization : foundations and applications /

A thorough and highly accessible resource for analysts in a broad range of social sciences. Optimization: Foundations and Applications presents a series of approaches to the challenges faced by analysts who must find the best way to accomplish particular objectives, usually with the added complicati...

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Main Author: Miller, Ronald E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley, 2000.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:A thorough and highly accessible resource for analysts in a broad range of social sciences. Optimization: Foundations and Applications presents a series of approaches to the challenges faced by analysts who must find the best way to accomplish particular objectives, usually with the added complication of constraints on the available choices. Award-winning educator Ronald E. Miller provides detailed coverage of both classical, calculus-based approaches and newer, computer-based iterative methods. Dr. Miller lays a solid foundation for both linear and nonlinear models and quickly moves on to dis.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvvii, 653 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781118032930
1118032934
9781118031186
1118031180