Combinatorial, Linear, Integer and Nonlinear Optimization Apps

Professor Smith has a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He is currently a full professor in the MIE Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His research concerns performance modeling of stochastic and deterministic networks. His experience in teaching optimization laid the foundation for this COLINA Volume.

• Introduction.- App Problem Formulation.- Combinatorial Optimization.- Linear Programming.- Integer Programming.- Nonlinear Programming.- AMPL NEOS Link.- Glossary.

“Throughout the book and the problems considered, the problem description is presented first, followed by a mathematical model, a solution algorithm and app, and a final evaluation. The layout of the book is easy to follow with many independent chunks that can be recorded during teaching if needed.” (Efstratios Rappos, zbMATH 1492.90082, 2022)