This updated textbook offers an overview of convex analysis, the foundations of optimization and computational methods. It emphasizes the implementation of numerical methods and focuses on the concept of error and the need to analyze and predict it.
"The promotional message on the back cover proclaims ′this book is a solid reference for professionals and a useful text for students..."; and I fully agree." (
Technometrics, February 2007)
"Noted and recommended for its logical format and sharp editing that never wavers in its focus." (Electric Review, September/October 2006)
"...highly recommended for a course in the theory of nonlinear programming..." (MAA Reviews, July 17, 2006)
‘... ‘the Bazaraa’ is a must if you are interested in optimization...’ (Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2007)