Introduction to Optimum Design, 2nd Edition

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Objective function contours, plotting of, 63

Objective functions, normalization of, 552

Off-diagonal elements, 616

Operations analysis of methods, 583–585

Optimal control of system motion, 508

Optimal control, optimum design versus, 6–7

Optimal control problem, prototype, 493–497

Optimal set, generation of Pareto, 551–552

Optimality conditions

concepts relating to, 103–104

for functions of single variables, 104–109

Optimality, global, 149–158

convex functions, 151–153

convex programming problem, 153–156

convex sets, 149–151

example—checking for convexity of function, 152, 152–153

example—checking for convexity of problem, 154–155, 155–156, 157–158

example—checking for convexity of sets, 150

sufficient conditions for convex ...