Linear Programming : Foundations and Extensions

Linear Programming : Foundations and Extensions

Author
Robert J Vanderbei
Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Springer
Language
English
Document Type
Book
Faculty / Subject Heading
Mathematics and Statistics

Linear Programming: Foundations and Extensions is an introduction to the field of optimization. The book emphasizes constrained optimization, beginning with a substantial treatment of linear programming, and proceeding to convex analysis, network flows, integer programming, quadratic programming, and convex optimization. The book is carefully written. Specific examples and concrete algorithms precede more abstract topics. Topics are clearly developed with a large number of numerical examples worked out in detail.


Keywords: Mathematics and Statistics / Simplex method / Algorithms / Ants / Duality / Game theory / Interior-point methods / Linear optimization / Linear programming/optimization / Optimization / Portfolio optimization / Quadratic programming / Engineering Economics