{"product_id":"9783319886800","title":"Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpringer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAudet, Charles; Hare, Warren\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is designed as a textbook, suitable for self-learning or for teaching an upper-year university course on derivative-free and blackbox optimization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is split into 5 parts and is designed to be modular; any individual part depends only on the material in Part I.  Part I of the book discusses what is meant by Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization, provides background material, and early basics while Part II focuses on heuristic methods (Genetic Algorithms and Nelder-Mead).  Part III presents direct search methods (Generalized Pattern Search and Mesh Adaptive Direct Search) and Part IV focuses on model-based methods (Simplex Gradient and Trust Region).  Part V discusses dealing with constraints, using surrogates, and bi-objective optimization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnd of chapter exercises are included throughout as well as 15 end of chapter projects and over 40 figures.  Benchmarking techniques are also presented in the appendix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-09-04\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319886800\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-68913-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 302\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46541486391436,"sku":"9783319886800","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319886800.jpg?v=1775737782","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319886800","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}