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Name: Optimization Theory
ID: m11240
Language: English (en)
Summary:
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: complex optimization, convex, global minimum, gradient, Hessian, method of steepest descent, objective function, optimization, optimization theory, positive-definite, Schwarz inequality, stationary point, unconstrained
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)
Authors: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu), Jeffrey Silverman (JSilverman@astro.berkeley.edu), Kevin Duh (kevinduh@rice.edu), Elizabeth Gregory (elizabeth.gregory@gmail.com), Eileen Krause (erkrause@rice.edu), Mariyah Poonawala (mariyah@rice.edu), Matthew Jeanes (mjeanes@rice.edu), Kyle Clarkson (kclarks@gmail.com)
Version: 1.4 (history)
Created: Jun 4, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Mar 22, 2008 4:24 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.4 Mar 22, 2008 4:24 pm GMT-5 by Don Johnson
Changes: 
Changed reference format to <cite/>
Version: 1.3 Mar 19, 2008 8:07 pm GMT-5 by Don Johnson
Changes: 
Added references as requested by user.
Version: 1.2 Jul 7, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
edit - fixed typos, changed term/emphasis in a couple places, fixed middot, added vector derivative, added adjoint csymbol instead of sup, changed variance tag to mo of delta
Version: 1.1 Jun 10, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Jeffrey Silverman
Changes: 
First version.

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