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Introduction to optimum design /

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This text describes engineering design optimization in a rigorous, yet simplified manner, illustrates various concepts and procedures with simple examples, and demonstrates their applicability to engineering design problems.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arora, Jasbir S. (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2017]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Engineering design > Mathematical models.
Conception technique > Modèles mathématiques.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference.
Engineering design > Mathematical models
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I. The basic concepts
  • Introduction to design optimization
  • Optimum design problem formulation
  • Graphical solution method and basic optimization concepts
  • Optimum design concepts : optimality conditions
  • More on optimum design concepts : optimaility conditions
  • II. Numerical methods for continuous variable optimization
  • 6. Optimum design : numerical solution process and Excel solver
  • Optimum design with MATLAB
  • Linear programming methods for optimum design
  • More on linear programming methods and optimum design
  • Numerical methods for unconstrained optimum design
  • More on numerical methods for unconstrained optimum design
  • Numerical methods for constrained optimum design
  • More on numerical methods for constrained optimum design
  • Practical applications of optimization
  • III. Advanced and modern topics on optimum design
  • Discrete variable optimum design concepts and methods
  • Global optimization concepts and methods
  • Nature-spired search methods
  • Multi-objective optimum design concepts and methods
  • 19. Additional topics on optimum design.