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Author(s) Book
Mothtar, S. Bazaraa
American Airlines Decision Technologies, Dallas
Hanif, D. Sherali
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
C.M. Shetty
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
Nonlinear Programming. Theory and Algorithms
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, (pp.xiii+638), 1993
ISBN 0-471-55793-5
Contents Preface
1. Introduction
Part 1. Convex Analysis
2. Convex Sets
3. Convex Functions and Generalizations
Part 2. Optimality Conditions and Duality
4. The Fritz John and Karush-Kuhn-Tucker Optimality Conditions
5. Constraint Qualifications
6. Lagrangian Duality and Saddle Point Optimality Conditions
Part 3. Algorithms and Their Convergence
7. The Concept of Algorithm
8. Unconstrained Optimization
9. Penalty and Barrier Functions
10. Methods of Feasible Directions
11. Linear Complementariry Problem, and Quadratic, Separable,
Fractional, and Geometric Programming
Appendix A. Mathematical Review
Appendix B. Summary of Convexity, Optimality Conditions, and Duality
Bibliography
Index
Mothtar, S. Bazaraa
Burnham Service Corporation
Hanif, D. Sherali
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
C.M. Shetty
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
Linear Programming and Network Flows
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, Second Edition, pp.xiv+684, 1990
ISBN 0-471-63681-9
Contents 1. Introduction
2. Linear Algebra, Convex Analysis, and Polyhedral Sets
3. The Simplex Method
4. Starting Solution and Convergence
5. Special Simplex Implementations and Optimality Conditions
6. Duality and Sensitivity Analysis
7. The Decomposition Principle
8. Complexity of the Simplex Algorithm and Polynomial Algorithms
9. Minimal Cost Network Flows
10. The Transportation and Assignment Problems
11. The Out-of-Kilter Algorithm
12. Maximal Flow, Shortest Path, Multicommodity Flow, and Network
Synthesis Problems
Bibliography
Index
J. E. Beasley
The Management School,
Imperial College,
London SW7 2AZ, England
Tel: (+44) 0171 594 9171
Fax: (+44) 0171 823 7685
Email: beasley@ic.ac.uk
Advances in linear and integer programming
Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 0-19-853856-1
Contents List of contributors
Chapter 1 Simplex algorithms
Chapter 2 Interior point methods
Chapter 3 A computational view of interior point methods
Chapter 4 Interior point algorithms for network flow problems
Chapter 5 Branch and cut algorithms
Chapter 6 Interior point algorithms for integer programming
Chapter 7 Computational logic and integer programming
Index
Dimitri P. Bertsekas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab. for Information and Decision Systems
Room 35-210
Cambridge, MA 02139
Nonlinear Programming
Athena Scientific, P.O. Box 391, Belmont, MA 02178-9998
Publication: 1995, 656 pages, hardcover, Price: $79.00
ISBN: 1-886529-14-0
Contents 1. Unconstrained Optimization
2. Optimization Over a Convex Set
3. Lagrange Multiplier Theory
4. Lagrange Multiplier Algorithms
5. Duality and Convex Programming
6. Dual Methods
7. Appendix A: Mathematical Background
8. Appendix B: Convex Analysis
9. Appendix C: Line Search Methods
10. Appendix D: Implementation of Newton's Method
11. References
12. Index
Review by Olvi Mangasarian (Optima, March 1997)
Lecture Notes, Theoretical Problem Solutions, Codes
(Link to Prof. Bertsekas' Nonlinear Programming course at MIT)
Dimitris Bertsimas
Sloan School of Management, Bldg E53-359
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
John N. Tsitsiklis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 35-209
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Introduction to Linear Optimization
Athena Scientific, P.O. Box 391, Belmont, MA 02178-9998
Publication: 1997, 608 pages, hardcover, Price: $74.00
ISBN: 1-886529-19-1
Contents 1. Introduction
2. The geometry of linear programming
3. The simplex method
4. Duality theory
5. Sensitivity analysis
6. Large scale optimization
7. Network flow problems
8. Complexity of linear programming and the ellipsoid method
9. Interior point methods
10. Integer programming formulations
11. Integer programming methods
12. The art in linear optimization
References
Index
From the review by Motakuri Ramana in Optima, Issue 54:
Dimitri P. Bertsekas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab. for Information and Decision Systems
Room 35-210
Cambridge, MA 02139
Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control Vol.1,2
Athena Scientific, P.O. Box 391, Belmont, MA 02178-9998
Publication: 1995,
Vol. I, 400 pages, Vol. II, 304 pages, hardcover
ISBN: 1-886529-12-4 (Vol. I),
ISBN: 1-886529-13-2 (Vol. II),
ISBN: 1-886529-11-6 (Vol. I and II)
Price: $69.00 (Vol. I),
Price: $55.50 (Vol. II),
Price: $99.50 (Two volume set)
Contents Volume 1
1.The Dynamic Programming Algorithm
2.Deterministic Systems and the Shortest Path Problem
3.Deterministic Continuous-Time Optimal Control
4.Problems with Perfect State Information
5.Problems with Imperfect State Information
6.Suboptimal and Adaptive Control
7.Introduction to Infinite Horizon Problems
8.Appendix A: Mathematical Review
9.Appendix B: On Optimization Theory
10.Appendix C: On Probability Theory
11.Appendix D: On Finite-State Markov Chains
12.Appendix E: Least-Squares Estimation and Kalman Filtering
13.Appendix F: Modeling of Stochastic Linear Systems

Volume 2
1.Infinite Horizon - Discounted Problems
2.Stochastic Shortest Path Problems
3.Undiscounted Problems
4.Average Cost per Stage Problems
5.Continuous-Time Problems
Dimitri P. Bertsekas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab. for Information and Decision Systems
Room 35-210
Cambridge, MA 02139
John N. Tsitsiklis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 35-209
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Neuro-Dynamic Programming
Athena Scientific, P.O. Box 391, Belmont, MA 02178-9998
Publication: September 1996, 512 pages, hardcover
ISBN: 1-886529-10-8
Price: $84.00
Contents 1.Introduction
2.Dynamic Programming
3.Neural Network Architectures and Training
4.Stochastic Iterative Algorithms
5.Simulation Methods for a Lookup Table Representation
6.Approximate DP with Cost-to-Go Function Approximation
7.Extensions
8.Case Studies
9.Appendix A: Mathematical Review
10.Appendix B: On Probability Theory and Markov Chains
11.References
12.Index
Dimitri P. Bertsekas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab. for Information and Decision Systems
Room 35-210
Cambridge, MA 02139
Constrained Optimization and Lagrange Multiplier Methods
Athena Scientific, P.O. Box 391, Belmont, MA 02178-9998
Publication: 1996, 410 pages, softcover
Price: $49.50
ISBN: 1-886529-04-3
Contents 1.Introduction
2.The Method of Multipliers for Equality Constrained Problems
3.The Method of Multipliers for Inequality Constrained and Nondifferentiable Optimization Problems
4.Exact Penalty Methods and Lagrangian Methods
5.Nonquadratic Penalty Functions - Convex Programming
6.References
7.Index
Dimitri P. Bertsekas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab. for Information and Decision Systems
Room 35-210
Cambridge, MA 02139
Steven E. Shreve
Carnegie Mellon
Office: Wean Hall 6303
Phone: (412) 268-8484
E-mail: ss9n@andrew.cmu.edu
Stochastic Optimal Control: The Discrete-Time Case
Athena Scientific, P.O. Box 391, Belmont, MA 02178-9998
Publication: 1996, 330 pages, softcover
ISBN: 1-886529-03-5
Price: $49.50
Contents 1.Introduction
2.Monotone Mappings Underlying Dynamic Programming Models
3.Finite Horizon Models
4.Infinite Horizon Models under a Contraction Assumption
5.Infinite Horizon Models under Monotonicity Assumptions
6.A Generalized Abstract Dynamic Programming Model
7.Borel Spaces and their Probability Measures
8.The Finite Horizon Borel Model
9.The Infinite Horizon Borel Models
10.The Imperfect State Information Model
11.Miscellaneous
12.Appendix A: The Outer Integral
13.Appendix B: Additional Measurability Properties of Borel Spaces
14.Appendix C: The Hausdorff Metric and the Exponential Topology
References
Index
Dimitri P. Bertsekas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab. for Information and Decision Systems
Room 35-210
Cambridge, MA 02139
John N. Tsitsiklis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 35-209
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Parallel and Distributed Computation: Numerical Methods
Athena Scientific, P.O. Box 391, Belmont, MA 02178-9998
Publication: 1997, 718 pages, softcover
ISBN: 1-886529-01-9
Price: $56.00
Contents 1.Introduction
PART I: SYNCHRONOUS ALGORITHMS
2.Algorithms for Systems of Linear Equations and Matrix Inversion
3.Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Problems
4.Shortest Paths and Dynamic Programming
5.Network Flow Problems
6.Nonlinear multicommodity flow problems - Routing applications

PART II: ASYNCHRONOUS ALGORITHMS
6.Totally Asynchronous Iterative Methods
7.Partially Asynchronous Iterative Methods
8.Organizing an Asynchronous Network of Processors for Distributed Computation
9.APPENDIXES
1.Appendix A: Linear algebra and analysis
2.Appendix B: Graph theory
3.Appendix C: Optimization and duality theory
4.Appendix D: Probability theory and Markov chains
Dimitri P. Bertsekas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab. for Information and Decision Systems
Room 35-210
Cambridge, MA 02139
Network Optimization: Continuous and Discrete Models
Athena Scientific, P.O. Box 391, Belmont, MA 02178-9998
Publication: MAY 1998, 608 pages, hardcover
ISBN: 1-886529-02-7
Price: $74.00
Contents 1.Introduction
2.Shortest Path Problems
3.The Max-Flow Problem
4.The Min-Cost Flow Problem
5.Simplex Methods for Min-Cost Flow
6.Dual Ascent Methods for Min-Cost Flow
7.Auction Algorithms for Min-Cost Flow
8.Nonlinear Network Optimization
9.Convex Separable Network Problems
10.Network Problems with Integer Constraints
11.References
12.Index