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An insightful, concise, and rigorous treatment of the basic theory of convex sets and functions in finite dimensions, and the analytical/geometrical foundations of convex optimization and duality theory. Convexity theory is first developed in a simple accessible manner, using easily visualized proofs. Then the focus shifts to a transparent geometrical line of analysis to develop the fundamental duality between descriptions of convex sets and functions in terms of points and in terms of hyperplanes. Finally, convexity theory and abstract duality are applied to problems of constrained optimization, Fenchel and conic duality, and game theory to develop the sharpest possible duality results within a highly visual geometric framework. The book may be used as a text for a theoretical convex optimization course; the author has taught several variants of such a course at MIT and elsewhere over the last ten years. It may also be used as a supplementary source for nonlinear programming classes, and as a theoretical foundation for classes focused on convex optimization models (rather than theory). It is an ideal companion to the books Convex Optimization Algorithms, and Nonlinear Programming by the same author.
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Dimitri Bertsekas is McAffee Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has researched a broad variety of subjects from optimization theory, control theory, parallel and distributed computation, systems analysis, and data communication networks. He has written numerous papers in each of these areas, and he has authored or coauthored seventeen textbooks. Professor Bertsekas was awarded the INFORMS 1997 Prize for Research Excellence in the Interface Between Operations Research and Computer Science for his book "Neuro-Dynamic Programming" (co-authored with John Tsitsiklis), the 2001 ACC John R. Ragazzini Education Award, the 2009 INFORMS Expository Writing Award, the 2014 ACC Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award for "contributions to the foundations of deterministic and stochastic optimization-based methods in systems and control," the 2014 Khachiyan Prize for Life-Time Accomplishments in Optimization, and the 2015 George B. Dantzig Prize. In 2018, he was awarded jointly with John Tsitsiklis, the INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize, for the contributions of the research monographs "Parallel and Distributed Computation" and "Neuro-Dynamic Programming". In 2001, he was elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering for "pioneering contributions to fundamental research, practice and education of optimization/control theory"
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The textbook, Convex Optimization Theory (Athena) by Dimitri Bertsekas, provides a concise, well-organized, and rigorous development of convex analysis and convex optimization theory. Several texts have appeared recently on these subjects ... The text by Bertsekas is by far the most geometrically oriented of these books. It relies on visualization to explain complex concepts at an intuitive level and to guide mathematical proofs. Nearly, all the analysis in the book is geometrically motivated, and the emphasis is on rigorous, polished, and economical arguments, which tend to reinforce the geometric intuition. --Panos Pardalos (Optimization Methods and Sofware, 2010)
This is another useful contribution to convex analysis and optimization by D. P. Bertsekas, a prolific author who is able to put together a rigorous treatment of the subjects and a skillful didactic presentation. .... Unlike some other books on the same subject (for example the famous book by R. T. Rockafellar ... which does not contain a single figure), the book of Bertsekas abounds in geometrical illustrations of the properties and visual treatments of the problems. ... Some results stem directly from the author's research. Some of the more standard results are not usually found in other conventional textbooks on convexity. --Giorgio Giorgi (Mathematical Reviews 2012)
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- PublisherAthena Scientific
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1886529310
- ISBN 13 9781886529311
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages246
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