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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Optimization: The Big Idea

Author : Mark French

Published in: Fundamentals of Optimization

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Optimization, no matter how it is applied, is built around a small number of basic ideas. The tools of optimization maximize or minimize some quantity called an objective function. The things that can be changed to make this happen are the design variables. Restrictions on values of the design variables are constraints. With these three ideas in mind, it is easy to notice examples of optimization all around you. Modern optimization usually requires mathematical calculations, but people began optimizing products and processes long before computers and modern analytical methods were available.

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Metadata
Title
Optimization: The Big Idea
Author
Mark French
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Fundamentals of Optimization

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-76191-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-76192-3

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76192-3_1

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