Optimization methods. An introduction (Q5906419)

The textbook contains the basic theory of optimization. It is divided into 4 chapters. Chapter 1 has an introductory character. It contains some motivating examples from practice, formulation of nonlinear general optimization problems, some special cases of it and classical optimality criteria. Chapter 2 is devoted to the theory of convex sets. After having defined some necessary concepts, the author deals with topological properties of convex sets, projections of convex sets, separation theorems. Properties of recession, polar, tangential and normal cones as well as convex polyhedra are studied in the further part of this chapter. Main properties of convex functions and their generalizations (as for instance quasiconvex, strictly quasiconvex, or pseudoconvex functions) are investigated in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 deals with various types of optimality criteria for optimization problems with various kinds of constraint qualifications.