Numerical Methods and Optimization

Preface

This text provides a basic introduction to numerical methods and optimiza-

tion for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in engineering and

operations research. It is based on the materials used by the authors during

many years of teaching undergraduate and introductory graduate courses in

industrial and systems engineering at Texas A&M University and the Uni-

versity of Florida. The book is intended for use as a text or supplement for

introductory one-semester courses on numerical methods, optimization, and

deterministic operations research.

Combining the topics from entry-level numerical methods and optimiza-

tion courses into a single ...