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Simplicial Algorithms for Minimizing Polyhedral Functions

M R Osborne author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:8th Jan '01

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This book, first published in 2001, provides a general account of the development of simplicial algorithms.

Polyhedral functions provide a model for an important class of problems that includes both linear programming and applications in data analysis. General methods for minimizing such functions using the polyhedral geometry explicitly are developed. Such methods approach a minimum by moving from extreme point to extreme point along descending edges and are described generically as simplicial. The best-known member of this class is the simplex method of linear programming, but simplicial methods have found important applications in discrete approximation and statistics. The general approach considered in this text, first published in 2001, has permitted the development of finite algorithms for the rank regression problem. The key ideas are those of developing a general format for specifying the polyhedral function and the application of this to derive multiplier conditions to characterize optimality. Also considered is the application of the general approach to the development of active set algorithms for polyhedral function constrained problems and associated Lagrangian forms.

Review of the hardback: '… will be very useful to researchers and students in the field … will certainly serve as a standard reference on the subject for a long time.' Numerical Algorithms
Review of the hardback: 'The book has a rich content and can be recommended to all optimizers, it is even a good supplement for specialists.' Alfred Göpfert, Zentralblatt für Mathematik
Review of the hardback: 'The treatment is mathematical (definition, lemma, theorem, proof type of text) but attention is paid to algorithms and practical implementation aspects too. It is easy to read and a reference book for novice students as well as for implementors of the methods.' Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society

ISBN: 9780521791335

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm

Weight: 560g

262 pages