Introduction to Optimum Design

Name: Introduction to Optimum Design
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ISBN: 9780128183205

by Jasbir Singh Arora

5th Edition

Publisher: Academic Press

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Print ISBN	9780128183205
eText ISBN	9780128183212
Publisher	Academic Press
Publishing Year	2024
Edition	5th Edition
Language	English
Pages	1120

Introduction to Optimum Design, 5th Edition, written by Jasbir Singh Arora and published by Academic Press, is an engineering textbook intended for undergraduate students, graduate students, and practitioners studying engineering design optimization. The text presents fundamental mathematical principles and numerical algorithms required to formulate design problems, evaluate constraints, and calculate optimum engineering configurations.

The content progresses systematically across major optimization methodologies. Initial chapters introduce optimum design problem formulation and detail linear programming methods. The text then provides thorough coverage of numerical methods for unconstrained optimum design alongside numerical algorithms for constrained optimum design. Advanced chapters analyze discrete variable optimization concepts, global optimization methods, and nature-inspired metaheuristic search methods.

To connect theoretical mathematical derivations with hands-on software execution, Excel Solver and MATLAB are featured throughout the text as learning and teaching aids. This computational orientation makes the textbook well suited for upper-division undergraduate and graduate engineering courses in design optimization.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Design Optimization
Chapter 2: Optimum Design Problem Formulation
Chapter 3: Graphical Solution Method and Basic Optimization Concepts
Chapter 4: Optimum Design Concepts: Optimality Conditions
Chapter 5: More on Optimum Design Concepts: Optimality Conditions
Chapter 6: Optimum Design: Numerical Solution Process and Excel Solver
Chapter 7: Optimum Design with MATLAB®
Chapter 8: Linear Programming Methods for Optimum Design
Chapter 9: More on Linear Programming Methods for Optimum Design
Chapter 10: Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimum Design
Chapter 11: More on Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimum Design
Chapter 12: Numerical Methods for Constrained Optimum Design
Chapter 13: More on Numerical Methods for Constrained Optimum Design
Chapter 14: Practical Applications of Optimization
Chapter 15: Discrete Variable Optimum Design Concepts and Methods
Chapter 16: Global Optimization: Concepts and Methods
Chapter 17: Nature-inspired Metaheuristic Search Methods
Chapter 18: Multi-Objective Optimum Design Concepts and Methods
Chapter 19: Introduction to Design Under Uncertainty: Reliability-Based Design Optimization
Chapter 20: Metamodels for Design Optimization: Response Surface Method
Chapter 21: Robust Design and Optimization - An Introduction
Chapter 22: Design of Experiments - An Introduction
Chapter Appendix A: Vector and Matrix Algebra
Chapter Appendix B: Sample Computer Programs