Large-Scale Optimization with Applications: Part I: Optimization in Inverse Problems and Design / Edition 1

by Lorenz T. Biegler, Thomas F. Coleman, Andrew R. Conn, Fadil N. Santosa

Overview

With contributions by specialists in optimization and practitioners in the fields of aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, and fluid and solid mechanics, the major themes include an assessment of the state of the art in optimization algorithms as well as challenging applications in design and control, in the areas of process engineering and systems with partial differential equation models.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387982861
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	07/31/1997
Series:	IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications Series , #92
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	219
Product dimensions:	0.63(w) x 9.21(h) x 6.14(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword General Preface for Large-Scale Optimization with Applications, Parts I, II, and III Preface for Part I Contents for Part II Contents for Part III Space mapping optimization for engineering design An inverse problem in plasma physics: The identification of the current density profile in a Tokamak Duality for inverse problems in wave propagation Piecewise differentiable minimization for ill-posed inverse problems The use of optimization in the reconstruction of obstacles from acoustic or electromagnetic scattering data Design of 3D-reflectors for near field and far field problems Optimal die shape and ram velocity design for metal forging Eigenvalues in optimum structural design Optimization Issues in Ocean Acoustics Gradient methods in inverse acoustic and electromagnetic scattering