TY - BOOK AU - Bazaraa,Mokhtar S. AU - Sherali,Hanif D. AU - Shetty,C.M. TI - Nonlinear programming : : theory and algorithms SN - 9780471599739 U1 - 519.76 23 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - John Wiley KW - Nonlinear programming N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction-- 2. Convex sets-- 3. Convex functions and generalizations-- 4. The fritz john and the karush-kuhn-tucker optimality conditions-- 5. Constraint qualifications-- 6. Langrangian duality and saddle point optimality conditions-- 7. The concept of an algorithm-- 8. Unconstrained optimization-- 9. Penality and barrier functions-- 10. Methods of feasible directions-- 11. Linear complementary problem, and quadratic, separable fractional, and gemetric programming-- Appendices-- Bibliography-- Index N2 - This updated textbook offers an overview of convex analysis, the foundations of optimization and computational methods. It emphasizes the implementation of numerical methods and focuses on the concept of error and the need to analyze and predict it ER -