Lecture Notes On Optimization Methods

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Basic Concepts of optimization problems, Optimization using calculus, Kuhn Tucker Conditions; Linear Programming - Graphical method, Simplex method, Revised simplex method, Sensitivity analysis, Examples of transportation, assignment, water resources and other applications, Dynamic Programming - Introduction, Sequential optimization, computational procedure, curse of dimensionality, Applications in water resources and structural engineering; Other topics in Optimization - Piecewise linear approximation, Multi objective optimization, Multi level optimization; Direct and indirect search methods, Evolutionary algorithms for optimization and search, Applications in civil engineering.