DIRECTIONAL DERIVATIVES IN CLASSICAL OPTIMIZATION.

Abstract

The use of directional derivatives in the solution of classical optimization problems was introduced. Directional derivatives provided a technique to approximate a function in a neighborhood of a point along a particular direction. With this approximation a complete and original analysis procedure of constrained optimization problems was developed. The study of classical optimization problems using directional derivatives not only provided a better computational technique for the solution of the problem, but also represented a unification in the theory of optimization. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0696420

Entities

People

  • Jorge A. Marban

Organizations

  • University of Florida

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Optimization

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Operations Research