Practical Aspects of Nonlinear Optimization.

Abstract

A general purpose nonlinear programming method and computer code are presented. The method is basically heuristic but extremely simple and reliable. Interactive operation of the code and its performance on several test problems is described. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 19, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104858

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey W. Tolleson
  • Richard B. Holmes

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Linear Programming
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Nonlinear Programming
  • Optimization
  • Probability
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design