Engineering Optimization: Theory and Practice

by Singiresu S. Rao

The revised and updated new edition of the popular optimization book for engineers The thoroughly revised and updated fifth edition of  Engineering Theory and Practice  offers engineers a guide to the important optimization methods that are commonly used in a wide range of industries. The author―a noted expert on the topic―presents both the classical and most recent optimizations approaches. The book introduces the basic methods and includes information on more advanced principles and applications. The fifth edition presents four new Solution of Optimization Problems Using MATLAB; Metaheuristic Optimization Methods; Multi-Objective Optimization Methods; and Practical Implementation of Optimization. All of the book's topics are designed to be self-contained units with the concepts described in detail with derivations presented. The author puts the emphasis on computational aspects of optimization and includes design examples and problems representing different areas of engineering. Comprehensive in scope, the book contains solved examples, review questions and problems. This important Written for students across all engineering disciplines, the revised edition of  Engineering Theory and Practice  is the comprehensive book that covers the new and recent methods of optimization and reviews the principles and applications.

Genres: Engineering, Mathematics, Textbooks

832 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 1996