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Ampl: A Modeling Language for Mathematical Programmingby Brian W. Kernighan, Robert Fourer, David M. GayISBN 0534388094 (0-534-38809-4)
Hardcover, Duxbury Pr
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Basic Scientific Subroutinesby F. R. RuckdeschelISBN 0070542015 (0-07-054201-5)
Hardcover, Byte Books
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Building Scalable Web Sitesby Not Available, Cal HendersonISBN 0596102356 (0-596-10235-6)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Calculus With Applicationsby Rosario UrsoISBN 0070666512 (0-07-066651-2)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Combinatorial Optimizationby Nicos ChristofidesISBN 0471997498 (0-471-99749-8)
Hardcover, Wiley
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Combinatorial Optimization: Algorithms and Complexityby Christos H. Papadimitriou, Kenneth SteiglitzISBN 0486402584 (0-486-40258-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Combinatorial Optimization: Algorithms and Complexity'Book summary:[via]Clearly written graduate-level text considers the Soviet ellipsoid algorithm for linear programming; efficient algorithms for network flow, matching, spanning trees, and matroids; the theory of NP-complete problems; approximation algorithms, local search heuristics for NP-complete problems, more. "Mathematicians wishing a self-contained introduction need look no further." American Mathematical Monthly. 1982 edition.More editions of Combinatorial Optimization: Algorithms and Complexity:
Combinatorial Optimization: Networks and Matroidsby Eugene LawlerISBN 0486414531 (0-486-41453-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Combinatorial Optimization: Theory and Algorithmsby Jens Vygen, KorteISBN 3540256849 (3-540-25684-9)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Combinatorial Optimization : Theory and Algorithmsby Bernhard Korte, Jens VygenISBN 3540431543 (3-540-43154-3)
Hardcover, Springer London, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Combinatorial Optimization : Theory and Algorithms'Book summary:This comprehensive textbook on combinatorial optimization puts special emphasis on theoretical results and algorithms with provably good performance, in contrast to heuristics.
It has arisen as the basis of several courses on combinatorial optimization and more special topics at graduate level. Since the complete book contains enough material for at least four semesters (4 hours a week), one usually selects material in a suitable way.
The book contains complete (but concise) proofs, also for many deep results, some of which did not appear in a book before. Many very recent topics are covered as well, and many references are provided. Thus this book represents the state of the art of combinatorial optimization.From the reviews of the 2nd edition:
"This book on combinatorial optimization is a beautiful example of the ideal textbook. [....] The second edition (with corrections and many updates) of this very recommendable book documents the relevant knowledge on combinatorial optimization and records those problems and algorithms that define this discipline today. To read this is very stimulating for all the researchers, practitioners, and students interested in combinatorial optimization."
J. Köhler, Halle an der Saale
ELSEVIER Operations Research Letters, 2005, Issue 33.
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Convex Analysisby R. Tyrrell RockafellarISBN 0691015864 (0-691-01586-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Convex Analysis'Book summary:Available for the first time in paperback, R. Tyrrell Rockafellar's classic study presents readers with a coherent branch of nonlinear mathematical analysis that is especially suited to the study of optimization problems. Rockafellar's theory differs from classical analysis in that differentiability assumptions are replaced by convexity assumptions. The topics treated in this volume include: systems of inequalities, the minimum or maximum of a convex function over a convex set, Lagrange multipliers, minimax theorems and duality, as well as basic results about the structure of convex sets and the continuity and differentiability of convex functions and saddle- functions.This book has firmly established a new and vital area not only for pure mathematics but also for applications to economics and engineering. A sound knowledge of linear algebra and introductory real analysis should provide readers with sufficient background for this book. There is also a guide for the reader who may be using the book as an introduction, indicating which parts are essential and which may be skipped on a first reading."This book should remain for some years as the standard reference for anyone interested in convex analysis." J. D. Pryce, Edinburgh Mathematical Society [via]
Convex Analysis And Nonlinear Optimization: Theory And Examplesby Adrian S. Lewis, BorweinISBN 0387295704 (0-387-29570-4)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Convex Analysis and Nonlinear Optimization: Theory and Examplesby Jonathan Borwein, Adrian S. LewisISBN 0387989404 (0-387-98940-4)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Convex Analysis and Nonlinear Optimization: Theory and Examples'Book summary:Optimization is a rich and thriving mathematical discipline. The theory underlying current computational optimization techniques grows ever more sophisticated. The powerful and elegant language of convex analysis unifies much of this theory. The aim of this book is to provide a concise, accessible account of convex analysis and its applications and extensions, for a broad audience. It can serve as a teaching text, at roughly the level of first year graduate students. While the main body of the text is self-contained, each section concludes with an often extensive set of optional exercises. The new edition adds material on semismooth optimization, as well as several new proofs that will make this book even more self-contained. [via]
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Convex Analysis and Optimizationby Dimitri BertsekasISBN 1886529450 (1-886529-45-0)
Hardcover, Athena Scientific
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Convex Optimizationby Lieven Vandenberghe, Stephen P. BoydISBN 0521833787 (0-521-83378-7)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Critical Chainby Eliyahu GoldrattISBN 0884271536 (0-88427-153-6)
Softcover, North River Pr
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Digital Designby M. Morris ManoISBN 0130621218 (0-13-062121-8)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Digital Design'Book summary:This is a modern revision of the classic digital design textbook. The book teaches the basic tools for the design of digital circuits in a clear, easily accessible manner. New to this edition: *nine sections on verilog hardware description language (hdl) inserted in discrete sections, allowing the material to be covered or skipped as desired. The verilog hdl presentation is at a suitable level for beginning students who are learning digital circuits for the first time. *reorganized material on combinational circuits is now covered in a single chapter. *the emphasis in the sequential circuits chapters is now on design with d flip-flops instead of jk and sr flip-flops. *the material on memory and programmable logic is now consolidated in one chapter. *chapter 8 consists mostly of new material and now covers digital design in the register transfer level (p) fl), preparing the reader for more advanced design projects and further verilog hdl studies. *a new section in chapter 11 supplements the laboratory experiments with hdl experiments. These unable the reader to check the circuits designed in the laboratory by means of hardware components and/or by hdl simulation.* text accompanied by verilog simulator software-synapticad's verilogger pro evaluation version, a verilog simulation environment that combines all of the features of a traditional verilog simulator with a powerful graphical test vector generator. Fast model testing in verilogger pro allows the reader to perform bottom-up testing of every model in a design. All of the hdl examples in the book can be found on the cd-rom. *a companion website includes resources for instructors and students such as transparency masters of all figures in the book, all hdl code examples from the book, a verilog tutorial, tutorials on using the verilogger pro software, and more. It can be found at http://www.prenhall.com/mano [via]
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Dynamic Programming & Optimal Controlby Dimitri P. BertsekasISBN 1886529264 (1-886529-26-4)
Hardcover, Athena Scientific
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dynamic Programming & Optimal Control'Book summary:The first of the two volumes of the leading and most up-to-date textbook on the far-ranging algorithmic methododogy of Dynamic Programming, which can be used for optimal control, Markovian decision problems, planning and sequential decision making under uncertainty, and discrete/combinatorial optimization. The treatment focuses on basic unifying themes, and conceptual foundations. It illustrates the versatility, power, and generality of the method with many examples and applications from engineering, operations research, and other fields. It also addresses extensively the practical application of the methodology, possibly through the use of approximations, and provides an introduction to the far-reaching methodology of Neuro-Dynamic Programming. The first volume is oriented towards modeling, conceptualization, and finite-horizon problems, but also includes a substantive introduction to infinite horizon problems that is suitable for classroom use. The second volume is oriented towards mathematical analysis and computation, and treats infinite horizon problems extensively. The text contains many illustrations, worked-out examples, and exercises. [via]
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Elementary Dynamic Programmingby John Malcolm NormanISBN 0713133465 (0-7131-3346-5)
Hardcover, Edward Arnold
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Finite-Dimensional Variational Inequalities and Complementarity Problemsby Jong-Shi Pang, Francisco FacchineiISBN 0387955801 (0-387-95580-1)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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A First Course in Optimization Theoryby Rangarajan K. SundaramISBN 0521497701 (0-521-49770-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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FORTRAN Computer Programs: Solutions to Optimization Problems Arising in Feedback Controlby C. W. MerriamISBN 066901995X (0-669-01995-X)
Hardcover, Lexington Books
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Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learningby David E. GoldbergISBN 0201157675 (0-201-15767-5)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning'Book summary:David Goldberg's Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning is by far the bestselling introduction to genetic algorithms. Goldberg is one of the preeminent researchers in the field--he has published over 100 research articles on genetic algorithms and is a student of John Holland, the father of genetic algorithms--and his deep understanding of the material shines through. The book contains a complete listing of a simple genetic algorithm in Pascal, which C programmers can easily understand. The book covers all of the important topics in the field, including crossover, mutation, classifier systems, and fitness scaling, giving a novice with a computer science background enough information to implement a genetic algorithm and describe genetic algorithms to a friend. [via]
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Geometric Algorithms and Combinatorial Optimizationby Martin Grotschel, Laszlo Lovasz, A. SchrijverISBN 038713624X (0-387-13624-X)
Hardcover, Springer-Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Geometric Algorithms and Combinatorial Optimization'Book summary:This book develops geometric techniques for proving the polynomial time solvability of problems in convexity theory, geometry, and - in particular - combinatorial optimization. It offers a unifying approach based on two fundamental geometric algorithms: - the ellipsoid method for finding a point in a convex set and - the basis reduction method for point lattices. The ellipsoid method was used by Khachiyan to show the polynomial time solvability of linear programming. The basis reduction method yields a polynomial time procedure for certain diophantine approximation problems. A combination of these techniques makes it possible to show the polynomial time solvability of many questions concerning poyhedra - for instance, of linear programming problems having possibly exponentially many inequalities. Utilizing results from polyhedral combinatorics, it provides short proofs of the poynomial time solvability of many combinatiorial optimization problems. For a number of these problems, the geometric algorithms discussed in this book are the only techniques known to derive polynomial time solvability. This book is a continuation and extension of previous research of the authors for which they received the Fulkerson Prize, awarded by the Mathematical Programming Society and the American Mathematical Society. [via]
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Getting Things Done: Staying Stress Free & Productive in a World of Too Much to Doby David AllenISBN 0670889067 (0-670-88906-7)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Getting Things Done: Staying Stress Free & Productive in a World of Too Much to Do'Book summary:With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow", "mind like water", and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance.
Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-dos clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you're working on. However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organised, we could turn ourselves into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen, whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has dubbed "the personal productivity guru", suggests that instead of meditating on crouching tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech sabre known as the mobile phone and attack that list of calls you need to return.)
As whole-life-organising systems go, Allen's is pretty good, even fun and therapeutic. It starts with the exhortation to take every unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your workstation that you can't junk. The next step is to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper. Finally, throw the whole stew into a giant "in-basket".
That's where the processing and prioritising begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms, and sub-subterms for even the simplest concepts. Thank goodness the spine of his system is captured on a straightforward, one-page flowchart that you can pin over your desk and repeatedly consult without having to refer back to the book. That alone is worth the purchase price. Also of value is Allen's ingenious Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you absolutely must do that you can do right now in two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing up your time and mind tenfold over the long term. It's common sense advice so obvious that most of us completely overlook it, much to our detriment. Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this useful, if somewhat belaboured, self-improver aimed at everyone from CEOs to football mums (who, we all know, are more organised than most CEOs to start with). --Timothy Murphy [via]
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivityby David AllenISBN 0142000280 (0-14-200028-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-dos clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you're working on. However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organised, we could turn ourselves into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen, whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has dubbed "the personal productivity guru", suggests that instead of meditating on crouching tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech sabre known as the mobile phone and attack that list of calls you need to return.)
As whole-life-organising systems go, Allen's is pretty good, even fun and therapeutic. It starts with the exhortation to take every unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your workstation that you can't junk. The next step is to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper. Finally, throw the whole stew into a giant "in-basket".
That's where the processing and prioritising begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms, and sub-subterms for even the simplest concepts. Thank goodness the spine of his system is captured on a straightforward, one-page flowchart that you can pin over your desk and repeatedly consult without having to refer back to the book. That alone is worth the purchase price. Also of value is Allen's ingenious Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you absolutely must do that you can do right now in two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing up your time and mind tenfold over the long term. It's common sense advice so obvious that most of us completely overlook it, much to our detriment. Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this useful, if somewhat belaboured, self-improver aimed at everyone from CEOs to football mums (who, we all know, are more organised than most CEOs to start with). --Timothy Murphy [via]
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Handbook of Applied Mathematics: Selected Results and Methodsby Carl E. PearsonISBN 0442264933 (0-442-26493-3)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co
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Handbook of Critical Issues in Goal Programmingby Carlos RomeroISBN 0080406610 (0-08-040661-0)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Ltd
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Handbook on Data Envelopment Analysisby William W. Cooper, Lawrence M. Seiford, Joe ZhuISBN 1402077971 (1-4020-7797-1)
Hardcover, Kluwer Academic Pub
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How to Work the Competition into the Groundby John T. MolloyISBN 0446384992 (0-446-38499-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Interval Mathematics 1980: Proceedings of an International Symposium on Interval Mathematics, Held at the Institut Fur Angewandte Mathematik, Universitat Freiburg I. Br, Germany, May 27-31, 1980by Karl NickelISBN 0125188501 (0-12-518850-1)
Hardcover, Academic Press
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Introduction to Linear Optimizationby John N. Tsitsiklis, Dimitris BertsimasISBN 1886529191 (1-886529-19-1)
Hardcover, Athena Scientific
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An Introduction to Optimizationby Stanislaw H. Zak, Edwin Kah Pin ChongISBN 0471391263 (0-471-39126-3)
Hardcover, Wiley-Interscience
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Introduction to Optimization'Book summary:A modern, up-to-date introduction to optimization theory and methods
This authoritative book serves as an introductory text to optimization at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. With consistently accessible and elementary treatment of all topics, An Introduction to Optimization, Second Edition helps students build a solid working knowledge of the field, including unconstrained optimization, linear programming, and constrained optimization.
Supplemented with more than one hundred tables and illustrations, an extensive bibliography, and numerous worked examples to illustrate both theory and algorithms, this book also provides:
* A review of the required mathematical background material
* A mathematical discussion at a level accessible to MBA and business students
* A treatment of both linear and nonlinear programming
* An introduction to recent developments, including neural networks, genetic algorithms, and interior-point methods
* A chapter on the use of descent algorithms for the training of feedforward neural networks
* Exercise problems after every chapter, many new to this edition
* MATLAB(r) exercises and examples
* Accompanying Instructor's Solutions Manual available on request
An Introduction to Optimization, Second Edition helps students prepare for the advanced topics and technological developments that lie ahead. It is also a useful book for researchers and professionals in mathematics, electrical engineering, economics, statistics, and business.
An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department. [via]More editions of An Introduction to Optimization:
An Introduction to the Calculus of Variationsby Charles FoxISBN 0486654990 (0-486-65499-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Linear Programmingby V. ChvatalISBN 0716715872 (0-7167-1587-2)
Softcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Linear Programming and Extensionsby George B. DantzigISBN 0691059136 (0-691-05913-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Managing and Using Mysqlby Tim King, George Reese, Randy Jay Yarger, Hugh E. WilliamsISBN 0596002114 (0-596-00211-4)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Mathematical Methods and Theory in Games, Programming, and Economics: Vol 1 Matrix Games, Programming, and Mathematical Economics/Vol 2 The Theoby Samuel KarlinISBN 0486670201 (0-486-67020-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Mathematical Optimization and Economic Theoryby Michael D. IntriligatorISBN 0135617537 (0-13-561753-7)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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Mathematics for Economistsby Carl P. Simon, Lawrence BlumeISBN 0393957330 (0-393-95733-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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An abundance of applications to current economic analysis, illustrative diagrams, thought-provoking exercises, careful proofs, and a flexible organization-these are the advantages that Mathematics for Economists brings to todays classroom. [via]More editions of Mathematics for Economists:
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Matrix Differential Calculus With Applications in Statistics and Econometricsby Jan R. Magnus, Heinz NeudeckerISBN 047198633X (0-471-98633-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Son Ltd
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* Contains the essentials of multivariable calculus with an emphasis on the use of differentials
* Many new examples and exercises
* Fulfils the need for a unified and self-contained treatment of matrix differential calculus
* Includes new developments in this field
Part I presents a concise, yet thorough overview of matrix algebra, while the second part develops the theory of differentials. The remaining Parts III to VI combine the theory and application of matrix differential calculus providing the practitioner and researcher with both a quick review and a detailed reference. Visit our web page http://www.wiley.com/ [via]More editions of Matrix Differential Calculus With Applications in Statistics and Econometrics:
Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensionsby Walter Nicholson, David C. StapletonISBN 0324274629 (0-324-27462-9)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Microeconomic Theory with Infotrac: Basic Principles and Extensionsby Walter NicholsonISBN 0324270860 (0-324-27086-0)
Hardcover, South-Western Pub
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Mike Ault's Oracle Internals Monitoring and Tuning Scripts: Advanced Internals & OCP Certification Insights for the Master DBAby Mike Ault, Don BurlesonISBN 0972751386 (0-9727513-8-6)
Softcover, Rampant Techpress
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Multiobjective Optimization: Principles and Case Studiesby Yann Collette, Patrick SiarryISBN 3540401822 (3-540-40182-2)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Mysql Reference Manual: Documentation from the Sourceby Michael Widenius, David Axmark, Mysql AbISBN 0596002653 (0-596-00265-3)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Nonlinear Programmingby Dimitri P. BertsekasISBN 1886529000 (1-886529-00-0)
Hardcover, Athena Scientific
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Numerical Methods for Least Squares Problemsby Ake BjorckISBN 0898713609 (0-89871-360-9)
Softcover, Society for Industrial & Applied
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Numerical Methods for Least Squares Problems'Book summary:The method of least squares was discovered by Gauss in 1795 and has since become the principal tool for reducing the influence of errors when fitting models to given observations. Today, applications of least squares arise in a great number of scientific areas, such as statistics, geodetics, signal processing, and control. In the last 20 years there has been a great increase in the capacity for automatic data capturing and computing and tremendous progress has been made in numerical methods for least squares problems. Until now there has not been a monograph that covers the full spectrum of relevant problems and methods in least squares. This volume gives an in-depth treatment of topics such as methods for sparse least squares problems, iterative methods, modified least squares, weighted problems, and constrained and regularized problems. The more than 800 references provide a comprehensive survey of the available literature on the subject. [via]
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Numerical Optimizationby Stephen J. Wright, Jorge NocedalISBN 0387303030 (0-387-30303-0)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Numerical Optimization'Book summary:"Numerical Optimization" presents a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the most effective methods in continuous optimization. It responds to the growing interest in optimization in engineering, science, and business by focusing on the methods that are best suited to practical problems. Drawing on their experiences in teaching, research, and consulting, the authors have produced a textbook that will be of interest to students and practitioners alike. Each chapter begins with the basic concepts and builds up gradually to the best techniques currently available. Because of the emphasis on practical methods, as well as the extensive illustrations and exercises, the book is accessible to a wide audience. It can be used as a graduate text in engineering, operations research, mathematics, computer science, and business. It also serves as a handbook for researchers and practitioners in the field. Above all, the authors have strived to produce a text that is pleasant to read, informative, and rigorous - one that reveals both the beautiful nature of the discipline and its practical side. MMOR, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 2001 observes: "The book looks very suitable to be used in an graduate-level course in optimization for students in mathematics, operations research, engineering, and others. Moreover, it seems to be very helpful to do some self-studies in optimization, to complete own knowledge and can be a source of new ideas...I recommend this excellent book to everyone who is interested in optimization problems." [via]
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Operations Research: An Introduction to Modern Applicationsby William C. HouseISBN 0877690529 (0-87769-052-9)
Hardcover, Auerbach Publishers
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Operations Research: An Introductionby Hamdy A. TahaISBN 0130323748 (0-13-032374-8)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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Operations Research: Applications and Algorithmsby Wayne L. Winston, Jeffrey B. GoldbergISBN 0534423620 (0-534-42362-0)
Hardcover, Thomson/Brooks/Cole
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Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms /Book and Diskby Wayne L. WinstonISBN 0534209718 (0-534-20971-8)
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Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms/Windows Versionby Wayne L. WinstonISBN 0534520200 (0-534-52020-0)
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Optimal Control: An Introduction to the Theory With Applicationby Leslie M. HockingISBN 0198596820 (0-19-859682-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Optimal Control: An Introduction to the Theory With Application'Book summary:Systems that evolve with time occur frequently in nature and modelling the behavior of such systems provides an important application of mathematics. These systems can be completely deterministic, but it may be possible too to control their behavior by intervention through "controls". The theory of optimal control is concerned with determining such controls which, at minimum cost, either direct the system along a given trajectory or enable it to reach a given point in its state space. This textbook is a straightforward introduction to the theory of optimal control with an emphasis on presenting many different applications. Professor Hocking has taken pains to ensure that the theory is developed to display the main themes of the arguments but without using sophisticated mathematical tools. Problems in this setting can arise across a wide range of subjects and there are illustrative examples of systems from fields as diverse as dynamics, economics, population control, and medicine. Throughout there are many worked examples, and numerous exercises (with solutions) are provided. [via]
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Optimal Control and Estimationby Robert F. StengelISBN 0486682005 (0-486-68200-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Optimization Algorithms for Networks and Graphsby James R. Evans, Edward MiniekaISBN 0824786025 (0-8247-8602-5)
Hardcover, Marcel Dekker Inc
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Optimization by Vector Space Methodsby David G. LuenbergerISBN 047118117X (0-471-18117-X)
Softcover, Wiley-Interscience
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Optimizing Oracle Performanceby Cary V. Millsap, Jeff HoltISBN 059600527X (0-596-00527-X)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Oracle Performance Tuningby Peter Corrigan, Mark GurryISBN 1565920481 (1-56592-048-1)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Practical Methods of Optimizationby R. FletcherISBN 0471494631 (0-471-49463-1)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Practical Methods of Optimization'Book summary:Fully describes optimization methods that are currently most valuable in solving real-life problems. Since optimization has applications in almost every branch of science and technology, the text emphasizes their practical aspects in conjunction with the heuristics useful in making them perform more reliably and efficiently. To this end, it presents comparative numerical studies to give readers a feel for possibile applications and to illustrate the problems in assessing evidence. Also provides theoretical background which provides insights into how methods are derived. This edition offers revised coverage of basic theory and standard techniques, with updated discussions of line search methods, Newton and quasi-Newton methods, and conjugate direction methods, as well as a comprehensive treatment of restricted step or trust region methods not commonly found in the literature. Also includes recent developments in hybrid methods for nonlinear least squares; an extended discussion of linear programming, with new methods for stable updating of LU factors; and a completely new section on network programming. Chapters include computer subroutines, worked examples, and study questions. [via]
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The Practical Performance Analystby Neil GuntherISBN 059512674X (0-595-12674-X)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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Pricing And Revenue Optimizationby Robert L. PhillipsISBN 0804746982 (0-8047-4698-2)
Hardcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pricing And Revenue Optimization'Book summary:This is the first comprehensive introduction to the concepts, theories, and applications of pricing and revenue optimization. From the initial success of "yield management" in the commercial airline industry down to more recent successes of markdown management and dynamic pricing, the application of mathematical analysis to optimize pricing has become increasingly important across many different industries. But, since pricing and revenue optimization has involved the use of sophisticated mathematical techniques, the topic has remained largely inaccessible to students and the typical manager.[via]
With methods proven in the MBA courses taught by the author at Columbia and Stanford Business Schools, this book presents the basic concepts of pricing and revenue optimization in a form accessible to MBA students, MS students, and advanced undergraduates. In addition, managers will find the practical approach to the issue of pricing and revenue optimization invaluable.
Solutions to the end-of-chapter exercises are available to instructors who are using this book in their courses. For access to the solutions manual, please contact marketing@www.sup.org.More editions of Pricing And Revenue Optimization:
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Programming Pearlsby Jon Louis BentleyISBN 0201657880 (0-201-65788-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Queueing Theory, a Problem Solving Approachby Leonard GorneyISBN 0894331280 (0-89433-128-0)
Hardcover, Petrocelli Books
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Revenue Management: Hard-Core Tactics for Market Dominationby Robert G. CrossISBN 0767900332 (0-7679-0033-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Whatever happened to growth? In Revenue Management, Robert G. Cross answers this question with his ground-breaking approach to revitalizing businesses: focusing on the revenue side of the ledger instead of the cost side. The antithesis of slash-and-burn methods that left companies with empty profits and dissatisfied stockholders, Revenue Management overturns conventional thinking on marketing strategies and offers the key to initiating and sustaining growth.
Using case studies from a variety of industries, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations, Cross describes no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech methods that managers can use to increase revenue without increasing products or promotions; predict consumer behavior; tap into new markets; and deliver products and services to customers effectively and efficiently. His proven tactics will help any business dramatically improve its bottom line by meeting the challenge of matching supply with demand. [via]More editions of Revenue Management: Hard-Core Tactics for Market Domination:
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Search Engine Visibilityby Shari ThurowISBN 0735712565 (0-7357-1256-5)
Softcover, Macmillan Computer Pub
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This book teaches developers, designers, programmers, and online marketers what pitfalls to avoid from the beginning so they can provide their clients with more effective site designs.
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Self-Regularity: A New Paradigm for Primal-Dual Interior-Point Algorithmsby Jiming Peng, Cornelis RoosISBN 0691091935 (0-691-09193-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The authors deal with linear optimization, nonlinear complementarity problems, semidefinite optimization, and second-order conic optimization problems. The framework also covers large classes of linear complementarity problems and convex optimization. The algorithm considered can be interpreted as a path-following method or a potential reduction method. Starting from a primal-dual strictly feasible point, the algorithm chooses a search direction defined by some Newton-type system derived from the self-regular proximity. The iterate is then updated, with the iterates staying in a certain neighborhood of the central path until an approximate solution to the problem is found. By extensively exploring some intriguing properties of self-regular functions, the authors establish that the complexity of large-update IPMs can come arbitrarily close to the best known iteration bounds of IPMs.
Researchers and postgraduate students in all areas of linear and nonlinear optimization will find this book an important and invaluable aid to their work.
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Sequential Simplex Optimization: A Technique for Improving Quality and Productivity in Research, Development, and Manufacturingby Frederick H. Walters, Lloyd R. ParkerISBN 0849358949 (0-8493-5894-9)
Hardcover, CRC Pr I Llc
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Software Engineering Economicsby Barry W. BoehmISBN 0138221227 (0-13-822122-7)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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Stochastic Optimization in Continuous Timeby Fwu-Ranq ChangISBN 0521834066 (0-521-83406-6)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Stochastic Processes and Estimation Theory With Applicationsby Touraj AssefiISBN 0471064548 (0-471-06454-8)
Hardcover, Krieger Pub Co
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Theory of Games and Economic Behaviorby John Von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern, Rubinstein, Ariel (AFT), Harold W. KuhnISBN 0691130612 (0-691-13061-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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This sixtieth anniversary edition includes not only the original text but also an introduction by Harold Kuhn, an afterword by Ariel Rubinstein, and reviews and articles on the book that appeared at the time of its original publication in the New York Times, tthe American Economic Review, and a variety of other publications. Together, these writings provide readers a matchless opportunity to more fully appreciate a work whose influence will yet resound for generations to come.
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Theory of Games and Economic Behaviorby Von Neumann JISBN 0471911852 (0-471-91185-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Theory of Linear and Integer Programmingby Alexander SchrijverISBN 0471982326 (0-471-98232-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Zen of Assembly Language: Knowledgeby Michael AbrashISBN 0673386023 (0-673-38602-3)
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Organízate con Eficacia: Máxima Productividad Personal Sin Estrésby David AllenISBN 8495787164 (84-95787-16-4)
Hardcover, Ediciones Urano S. A.
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David Allen sostiene que nuestra mente tiene una capacidad limitada para almacenar información y propone una serie de fórmulas prácticas para eliminar las tensiones e incrementar nuestra capacidad de trabajo y nuestro rendimiento.
Organízate con eficacia se fundamenta en unas sencillas normas básicas de organización del tiempo, como por ejemplo la necesidad de determinar cuál es el siguiente paso a dar en cada uno de nuestros proyectos, o la regla de los dos minutos (si surge una tarea pendiente y se puede hacer en menos de dos minutos, debe hacerse inmediatamente). El sistema propuesto por Allen soluciona ansiedades y desconciertos, y nos permite transformar nuestro modo de trabajar y la manera de percibir nuestros retos cotidianos. [via]
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