Optimization modeling with spreadsheets by Baker, Kenneth R., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…EXERCISES -- Case: Cox Cable and Wire Company -- Background -- The Contract -- The Analysis -- CHAPTER 5 LINEAR PROGRAMMING: DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS -- 5.1 A GRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DEA -- 5.2 AN ALGEBRAIC PERSPECTIVE ON DEA -- 5.3 A SPREADSHEET MODEL FOR DEA -- 5.4 INDEXING -- 5.5 REFERENCE SETS AND HCUs -- 5.6 ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF DEA -- SUMMARY -- EXERCISES -- Case: Branch Performance at Nashville National Bank -- Branch Growth at NNB -- Assessing Branch Productivity -- Branch Managers Revolt -- Measuring Branches: Available Techniques -- The DEA Study -- CHAPTER 6 INTEGER PROGRAMMING: BINARY-CHOICE MODELS -- 6.1 USING SOLVER WITH INTEGER REQUIREMENTS -- 6.2 THE CAPITAL BUDGETING PROBLEM -- 6.3 SET COVERING -- 6.4 SET PACKING -- 6.5 SET PARTITIONING -- 6.6 PLAYOFF SCHEDULING -- 6.7 THE ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING INTEGER PROGRAMS -- SUMMARY -- EXERCISES -- Case: Motel Location for Nature's Inn -- CHAPTER 7 INTEGER PROGRAMMING: LOGICAL CONSTRAINTS -- 7.1 SIMPLE LOGICAL CONSTRAINTS: EXCLUSIVITY -- 7.2 LINKING CONSTRAINTS: THE FIXED COST PROBLEM -- 7.3 LINKING CONSTRAINTS: THE THRESHOLD LEVEL PROBLEM -- 7.4 LINKING CONSTRAINTS: THE FACILITY LOCATION MODEL -- 7.4.1 Capacitated Version -- 7.4.2 Uncapacitated Version -- 7.5 DISJUNCTIVE CONSTRAINTS: THE MACHINE-SEQUENCING PROBLEM -- 7.6 TOUR CONSTRAINTS: THE TRAVELING SALESPERSON PROBLEM -- SUMMARY -- EXERCISES -- Case: Hornby Products Company -- History -- Alternatives -- CHAPTER 8 NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING -- 8.1 ONE-VARIABLE MODELS -- 8.1.1 An Inventory Example -- 8.1.2 A Quantity Discount Example -- 8.2 LOCAL OPTIMA AND THE SEARCH FOR AN OPTIMUM -- 8.3 TWO-VARIABLE MODELS -- 8.3.1 Curve Fitting -- 8.3.2 Two-Dimensional Location -- 8.4 NONLINEAR MODELS WITH CONSTRAINTS -- 8.4.1 A Pricing Example -- 8.4.2 Sensitivity Analysis for Nonlinear Programs -- 8.4.3 The Portfolio Optimization Model.…”
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Handbook of Optimization in Telecommunications by Resende, Mauricio G. C., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Optimization Algorithms -- Interior Point Methods for Large-scale Linear Programming -- Nonlinear Programming in Telecommunications -- Integer Programming for Telecommunications -- Metaheuristics and Applications to Optimization Problems in Telecommunications -- Lagrangian relax-and-cut Algorithms -- Minimum Cost Network OW Algorithms -- Multicommodity Network OW Models and Algorithms in Telecommunications -- Shortest Path Algorithms -- Part II. …”
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Large Scale Optimization in Supply Chains and Smart Manufacturing Theory and Applications

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Data Mining Concepts, Methods and Applications in Management and Engineering Design by Yin, Yong

Table of Contents: “…Genetic Algorithm Based Fuzzy Nonlinear Programming -- 5. Neural Network and Self Organizing Maps -- 6. …”
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Fundamentals of infrastructure engineering : civil engineering systems by McDonald, Patrick H.

Table of Contents: “…chapter TE R -- THEORIES -- chapter 4 C H A P T E R 4 -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter 5 C H A P T E R 5 -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter CHA -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter TER7 -- chapter 8 C H A P T E R 8 -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter 9 C H A P T E R 9 -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter 10 C H A P T E R 1 0 -- LAGRANGE M U L T I P L I E R M E T H O D S 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter R12 -- NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING -- chapter 14 C H A P T E R 1 4 -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter 16 C H A P T E R 1 6 -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter APPENDIXA -- chapter APPENDIXB -- B.l INTRODUCTION -- chapter APPENDIXC -- C.l THE GENERIC FORM -- chapter APPENDIXE -- E.l MATRICES -- chapter APPENDIXG -- G.l CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY -- chapter APPENDIXΗ -- DRAWI NG RANDOM N U MB E R S H.l INTRODUCTION -- chapter APPENDIXK.…”
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Elements of numerical mathematical economics with Excel : static and dynamic optimization by Romeo, Giovanni (Independent financial advisor)

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Optimal Quadratic Programming Algorithms With Applications to Variational Inequalities by Dostál, Zdeněk

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Optimization in Engineering Sciences : Exact Methods. by Borne, Pierre

Table of Contents: “…Structure of linear program of an optimal control problemChapter 2. Nonlinear Programming; 2.1. Problem formulation; 2.2. Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions; 2.3. …”
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Neural Approximations for Optimal Control and Decision by Zoppoli, Riccardo, Sanguineti, Marcello, Gnecco, Giorgio, Parisini, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…From Functional Optimization to Nonlinear Programming by the Extended Ritz Method -- Chapter 3. …”
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Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets, Second Edition by Baker, Kenneth

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Optimization of Chemical Processes A Sustainable Perspective by Ponce-Ortega, José María, Ochoa-Barragán, Rogelio, Ramírez-Márquez, César

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Advances in Applied Mathematics and Global Optimization In Honor of Gilbert Strang by Gao, David Y.

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Business Optimization Using Mathematical Programming An Introduction with Case Studies and Solutions in Various Algebraic Modeling Languages by Kallrath, Josef

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Explicit Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Theory and Applications by Grancharova, Alexandra

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Linear Programming and Generalizations A Problem-based Introduction with Spreadsheets by Denardo, Eric V., 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Convex Functions -- Chapter 20 -- Nonlinear Programs.…”
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Fundamental methods of mathematical economics by Chiang, Alpha C., 1927-

Table of Contents: “…The Nature of Mathematical Economics -- Mathematical versus Nonmathematical Economics -- Mathematical Economics versus Econometrics -- Economic Models -- Ingredients of a Mathematical Model -- The Real-Number System -- The Concept of Sets -- Relations and Functions -- Types of Function -- Functions of Two or More Independent Variables -- Levels of Generality -- Static (or Equilibrium) Analysis -- Equilibrium Analysis in Economics -- The Meaning of Equilibrium -- Partial Market Equilibrium -- A Linear Model -- Partial Market Equilibrium -- A Nonlinear Model -- General Market Equilibrium -- Equilibrium in National-Income Analysis -- Linear Models and Matrix Algebra -- Matrices and Vectors -- Matrix Operations -- Notes on Vector Operations -- Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Laws -- Identity Matrices and Null Matrices -- Transposes and Inverses -- Linear Models and Matrix Algebra (Continued) -- Conditions for Nonsingularity of a Matrix -- Test of Nonsingularity by Use of Determinant -- Basic Properties of Determinants -- Finding the Inverse Matrix -- Cramer's Rule -- Application to Market and National-Income Models -- Leontief Input-Output Models -- Limitations of Static Analysis -- Comparative-Static Analysis -- Comparative Statics and the Concept of Derivative -- The Nature of Comparative Statics -- Rate of Change and the Derivative -- The Derivative and the Slope of a Curve -- The Concept of Limit -- Digression on Inequalities and Absolute Values -- Limit Theorems -- Continuity and Differentiability of a Function -- Rules of Differentiation and Their Use in Comparative Statics -- Rules of Differentiation for a Function of One Variable -- Rules of Differentiation Involving Two or More Functions of the Same Variable -- Rules of Differentiation Involving Functions of Different Variables -- Partial Differentiation -- Applications to Comparative-Static Analysis -- Note on Jacobian Determinants -- Comparative-Static Analysis of General-Function Models -- Differentials -- Total Differentials -- Rules of Differentials -- Total Derivatives -- Derivatives of Implicit Functions -- Comparative Statics of General-Function Models -- Limitations of Comparative Statics -- Optimization Problems -- Optimization: A Special Variety of Equilibrium Analysis -- Optimum Values and Extreme Values -- Relative Maximum and Minimum: First-Derivative Test -- Second and Higher Derivatives -- Second-Derivative Test -- Digression on Maclaurin and Taylor Series -- Nth-Derivative Test for Relative Extremum of a Function of One Variable -- Exponential and Logarithmic Functions -- The Nature of Exponential Functions -- Natural Exponential Functions and the Problem of Growth -- Logarithms -- Logarithmic Functions -- Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions -- Optimal Timing -- Further Applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Derivatives -- The Case of More than One Choice Variable -- The Differential Version of Optimization Conditions -- Extreme Values of a Function of Two Variables -- Quadratic Forms -- An Excursion -- Objective Functions with More than Two Variables -- Second-Order Conditions in Relation to Concavity and Convexity -- Economic Applications -- Comparative-Static Aspects of Optimization -- Optimization with Equality Constraints -- Effects of a Constraint -- Finding the Stationary Values -- Second-Order Conditions -- Quasiconcavity and Quasiconvexity -- Utility Maximization and Consumer Demand -- Homogeneous Functions -- Least-Cost Combination of Inputs -- Some Concluding Remarks -- Dynamic Analysis -- Economic Dynamics and Integral Calculus -- Dynamics and Integration -- Indefinite Integrals -- Definite Integrals -- Improper Integrals -- Some Economic Applications of Integrals -- Domar Growth Model -- Continuous Time: First-Order Differential Equations -- First-Order Linear Differential Equations with Constant Coefficient and Constant Term -- Dynamics of Market Price -- Variable Coefficient and Variable Term -- Exact Differential Equations -- Nonlinear Differential Equations of the First Order and First Degree -- The Qualitative-Graphic Approach -- Solow Growth Model -- Higher-Order Differential Equations -- Second-Order Linear Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients and Constant Term -- Complex Numbers and Circular Functions -- Analysis of the Complex-Root Case -- A Market Model with Price Expectations -- The Interaction of Inflation and Unemployment -- Differential Equations with a Variable Term -- Higher-Order Linear Differential Equations -- Discrete Time: First-Order Difference Equations -- Discrete Time, Differences, and Difference Equations -- Solving a First-Order Difference Equation -- The Dynamic Stability of Equilibrium -- The Cobweb Model -- A Market Model with Inventory -- Nonlinear Difference Equations -- The Qualitative-Graphic Approach -- Higher-Order Difference Equations -- Second-Order Linear Difference Equations with Constant Coefficients and Constant Term -- Samuelson Multiplier-Acceleration Interaction Model -- Inflation and Unemployment in Discrete Time -- Generalizations to Variable-Term and Higher-Order Equations -- Simultaneous Differential Equations and Difference Equations -- The Genesis of Dynamic Systems -- Solving Simultaneous Dynamic Equations -- Dynamic Input-Output Models -- The Inflation-Unemployment Model Once More -- Two-Variable Phase Diagrams -- Linearization of a Nonlinear Differential-Equation System -- Limitations of Dynamic Analysis -- Mathematical Programming -- Linear Programming -- Simple Examples of Linear Programming -- General Formulation of Linear Programs -- Convex Sets and Linear Programming -- Simplex Method: Finding the Extreme Points -- Simplex Method: Finding the Optimal Extreme Point -- Further Notes on the Simplex Method -- Linear Programming (Continued) -- Duality -- Economic Interpretation of a Dual -- Activity Analysis: Micro Level -- Activity Analysis: Macro Level -- Nonlinear Programming -- The Nature of Nonlinear Programming -- Kuhn-Tucker Conditions -- The Constraint Qualification -- Kuhn-Tucker Sufficiency Theorem: Concave Programming -- Arrow-Enthoven Sufficiency Theorem: Quasiconcave Programming -- Economic Applications -- Limitations of Mathematical Programming -- The Greek Alphabet -- Mathematical Symbols -- A Short Reading List -- Answers to Selected Exercise Problems.…”


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System Modeling and Optimization Proceedings of the 21st IFIP TC7 Conference held in July 21st–25th, 2003, Sophia Antipolis, France by Cagnol, John

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Organizing Institutions -- Contributing Authors -- Toward a Mathematical Theory of Aeroelasticity -- Uniform Cusp Property, Boundary Integral, and Compactness for Shape Optimization -- Interior and Boundary Stabilization of Navier-Stokes Equations -- Matrix Rounding with Application to Digital Halftoning –Nonlinear Programming: Algorithms, Software, and Applications –Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Complex Infrastructure Systems -- Feedback Robust Control for a Parabolic Variational Inequality -- Tracking Control of Parabolic Systems–Modeling of Topology Variations in Elasticity -- Factorization by Invariant Embedding of Elliptic Problems in a Circular Domain -- On Identifiability of Linear Infinite-Dimensional Systems -- An Inverse Problem For the Telegraph Equation Solvability and Numerical Solution of Variational Data Assimilation Problems -- Existence of Solutions to Evolution Second Order Hemivariational Inequalities with Multivalued Damping -- Probabilistic Investigation on Dynamic Response of Deck Slabs of Highway Bridges -- Optimal Maintenance for Bridge Considering Earthquake Effects -- Uniform Decay Rates of Solutions to a Nonlinear Wave Equation with Boundary Condition of Memory Type -- Bayesian Deconvolution of Functions in RKHS using MCMC Techniques -- Modeling Stochastic Hybrid Systems -- Mathematical Models and State Observation of the Glucose-Insulin Homeostasis -- Convergence Estimates of POD-Galerkin Methods for Parabolic Problems.…”
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Multiscale Optimization Methods and Applications by Hager, William W.

Table of Contents: “…From the contents Multiscale Optimization in VLSI Physical Design Automation -- A Distributed Method for Solving Semidefinite Programs Arising from Ad Hoc Wireless Sensor Network Localization -- Optimization Algorithms for Sparse Representations and Applications -- A Unified Framework for Modeling and Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems: A Tutorial -- Global Convergence of a Non-monotone Trust-Region Filter Algorithm for Nonlinear Programming -- Factors Affecting the Performance of Optimization-based Multigrid Methods -- A Local Relaxation Methods for Nonlinear Facility Location Problems -- Fluence Map Optimization in IMRT Cancer Treatment Planning and a Geometric Approach -- Panoramic Image Processing Using Non-Commutative Harmonic Analysis -- Generating Geometric Models through Self-Organizing Maps -- Self-Similar Solution of Unsteady Mixed Convection Flow on a Rotating Cone in a Rotating Fluid -- Homogenization of a Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problem Modelling Galvanic Interactions on a Heterogeneous Surface.…”
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Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization by Miettinen, Kaisa

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Quadratic Programming and Affine Variational Inequalities A Qualitative Study by Lee, Gue Myung

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