Nonlinear Optimization In Finite Dimensions
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Nonlinear Optimization in Finite Dimensions
Author: Hubertus Th. Jongen
language: en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date: 2013-12-11
At the heart of the topology of global optimization lies Morse Theory: The study of the behaviour of lower level sets of functions as the level varies. Roughly speaking, the topology of lower level sets only may change when passing a level which corresponds to a stationary point (or Karush-Kuhn Tucker point). We study elements of Morse Theory, both in the unconstrained and constrained case. Special attention is paid to the degree of differentiabil ity of the functions under consideration. The reader will become motivated to discuss the possible shapes and forms of functions that may possibly arise within a given problem framework. In a separate chapter we show how certain ideas may be carried over to nonsmooth items, such as problems of Chebyshev approximation type. We made this choice in order to show that a good under standing of regular smooth problems may lead to a straightforward treatment of "just" continuous problems by means of suitable perturbation techniques, taking a priori nonsmoothness into account. Moreover, we make a focal point analysis in order to emphasize the difference between inner product norms and, for example, the maximum norm. Then, specific tools from algebraic topol ogy, in particular homology theory, are treated in some detail. However, this development is carried out only as far as it is needed to understand the relation between critical points of a function on a manifold with structured boundary. Then, we pay attention to three important subjects in nonlinear optimization.
Infinite Dimensional Optimization and Control Theory
Author: Hector O. Fattorini
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 1999-03-28
Treats optimal problems for systems described by ODEs and PDEs, using an approach that unifies finite and infinite dimensional nonlinear programming.
Control Applications of Nonlinear Programming and Optimization
Control Applications of Nonlinear Programming and Optimization presents the proceedings of the Fifth IFAC Workshop held in Capri, Italy on June 11-14, 1985. The book covers various aspects of the optimization of control systems and of the numerical solution of optimization problems. The text also discusses specific applications concerned with the optimization of aircraft trajectories, of mineral and metallurgical processes, of wind tunnels, and of nuclear reactors. The book also considers computer-aided design of control systems. The book is useful to mathematicians, engineers, and computer engineers.