Optimization in Practice with MATLAB (R)

Optimization in Practice with MATLAB provides a unique approach to optimization education. It is accessible to both junior and senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as industry practitioners. It provides a strongly practical perspective that allows the student to be ready to use optimization in the workplace. It covers traditional materials, as well as important topics previously unavailable in optimization books (e.g., Numerical Essentials - for successful optimization). The title: • Provides practical applications of real-world problems using MATLAB • Each chapter includes a suite of practical examples and exercises that help the students link the theoretical, the analytical and the computational. These include a robust set of real-world exercises • Provides supporting MATLAB codes that offer the opportunity to apply optimization at all levels, from students' term projects to industry applications • Offers instructors a comprehensive solution manual with solution codes along with lectures in PowerPoint with animations for each chapter. The MATLAB m-files are available for download from the book's website • Instructors have the unique flexibility to structure one- or two-semester courses that may range from gentle introductions to highly challenging, for undergraduate or graduate students.