AuthorHiriart-Urruty, Jean-Baptiste. author
TitleConvex Analysis and Minimization Algorithms I [electronic resource] : Fundamentals / by Jean-Baptiste Hiriart-Urruty, Claude Lemarรฉchal
ImprintBerlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1993
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02796-7
Descript XVIII, 418 p. online resource

SUMMARY

Convex Analysis may be considered as a refinement of standard calculus, with equalities and approximations replaced by inequalities. As such, it can easily be integrated into a graduate study curriculum. Minimization algorithms, more specifically those adapted to non-differentiable functions, provide an immediate application of convex analysis to various fields related to optimization and operations research. These two topics making up the title of the book, reflect the two origins of the authors, who belong respectively to the academic world and to that of applications. Part I can be used as an introductory textbook (as a basis for courses, or for self-study); Part II continues this at a higher technical level and is addressed more to specialists, collecting results that so far have not appeared in books


CONTENT

Table of Contents Part I -- I. Convex Functions of One Real Variable -- II. Introduction to Optimization Algorithms -- III. Convex Sets -- IV. Convex Functions of Several Variables -- V. Sublinearity and Support Functions -- VI. Subdifferentials of Finite Convex Functions -- VII. Constrained Convex Minimization Problems: Minimality Conditions, Elements of Duality Theory -- VIII. Descent Theory for Convex Minimization: The Case of Complete Information -- Appendix: Notations -- 1 Some Facts About Optimization -- 2 The Set of Extended Real Numbers -- 3 Linear and Bilinear Algebra -- 4 Differentiation in a Euclidean Space -- 5 Set-Valued Analysis -- 6 A Birdโs Eye View of Measure Theory and Integration -- Bibliographical Comments -- References


SUBJECT

  1. Mathematics
  2. Applied mathematics
  3. Engineering mathematics
  4. System theory
  5. Calculus of variations
  6. Operations research
  7. Management science
  8. Mathematics
  9. Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization
  10. Applications of Mathematics
  11. Operations Research
  12. Management Science
  13. Systems Theory
  14. Control