{"title":"Series: Wiley Series in Discrete Mathematics and Optimization","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-optimization-by-edwin-k-p-chong-9781118279014","title":"An Introduction to Optimization","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eThird Edition\u003c\/i\u003e: \". . . guides and leads the reader through the learning path . . . [e]xamples are stated very clearly and the results are presented with attention to detail.\" —MAA Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFully updated to reflect new developments in the field, the \u003ci\u003eFourth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Optimization\u003c\/i\u003e fills the need for accessible treatment of optimisation theory and methods with an emphasis on engineering design. 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[And] with more than 700 entries, [it] has quite an exhaustive reference list.\" - \u003cem\u003eOptima\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A unifying approach to optimization problems is to formulate them like linear programming problems, while restricting some or all of the variables to the integers. 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