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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583337703321

Autore

Arora Jasbir S.

Titolo

Introduction to optimum design / / Jasbir Singh Arora

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Academic Press, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

0-12-800918-7

0-12-800806-7

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 945 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

620.0042015118

Soggetti

Engineering design - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

I. The basic concepts -- Introduction to design optimization -- Optimum design problem formulation -- Graphical solution method and basic optimization concepts -- Optimum design concepts : optimality conditions -- More on optimum design concepts : optimaility conditions -- II. Numerical methods for continuous variable optimization -- 6. Optimum design : numerical solution process and Excel solver -- Optimum design with MATLAB -- Linear programming methods for optimum design -- More on linear programming methods and optimum design -- Numerical methods for unconstrained optimum design -- More on numerical methods for unconstrained optimum design -- Numerical methods for constrained optimum design -- More on numerical methods for constrained optimum design -- Practical applications of optimization -- III. Advanced and modern topics on optimum design --- Discrete variable optimum design concepts and methods -- Global optimization concepts and methods -- Nature-spired search methods -- Multi-objective optimum design concepts and methods -- 19. Additional topics on optimum design.

Sommario/riassunto

This text describes engineering design optimization in a rigorous, yet simplified manner, illustrates various concepts and procedures with simple examples, and demonstrates their applicability to engineering design problems.