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The first comprehensive introduction to the powerful moment approach for solving global optimization problems.
List of contents
Preface; List of symbols; 1. Introduction and messages of the book; Part I. Positive Polynomials and Moment Problems: 2. Positive polynomials and moment problems; 3. Another look at nonnegativity; 4. The cone of polynomials nonnegative on K; Part II. Polynomial and Semi-algebraic Optimization: 5. The primal and dual points of view; 6. Semidefinite relaxations for polynomial optimization; 7. Global optimality certificates; 8. Exploiting sparsity or symmetry; 9. LP relaxations for polynomial optimization; 10. Minimization of rational functions; 11. Semidefinite relaxations for semi-algebraic optimization; 12. An eigenvalue problem; Part III. Specializations and Extensions: 13. Convexity in polynomial optimization; 14. Parametric optimization; 15. Convex underestimators of polynomials; 16. Inverse polynomial optimization; 17. Approximation of sets defined with quantifiers; 18. Level sets and a generalization of the Löwner-John's problem; Appendix A. Semidefinite programming; Appendix B. The GloptiPoly software; References; Index.
About the author
Jean Bernard Lasserre is Directeur de Recherche at the LAAS laboratory in Toulouse and a member of the Institute of Mathematics of Toulouse (IMT). In 2009 he received the Lagrange Prize, awarded jointly by the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). He is the winner of the 2015 INFORMS Optimization Society Khachiyan Prize, awarded for life-time achievements in the area of optimization.
Summary
This is the first comprehensive introduction to the powerful moment approach for solving global optimization problems. Graduate students, engineers and researchers entering the field can use this book to understand, experiment with and master this new approach through the simple worked examples provided.
