Optimization

Kenneth Lange is the Rosenfeld Professor of Computational Genetics at UCLA. He is also Chair of the Department of Human Genetics and Professor of Biomathematics and Statistics. At various times during his career, he has held appointments at the University of New Hampshire, MIT, Harvard, the University of Michigan, the University of Helsinki, and Stanford. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering. His research interests include human genetics, population modeling, biomedical imaging, computational statistics, and applied stochastic processes. Springer previously published his books Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis, Numerical Analysis for Statisticians, and Applied Probability, all in second editions.

• Elementary Optimization.- The Seven C’s of Analysis.- The Gauge Integral.- Differentiation.- Karush-Kuhn-Tucker Theory.- Convexity.- Block Relaxation.- The MM Algorithm.- The EM Algorithm.- Newton’s Method and Scoring.- Conjugate Gradient and Quasi-Newton.- Analysis of Convergence.- Penalty and Barrier Methods.- Convex Calculus.- Feasibility and Duality.- Convex Minimization Algorithms.- The Calculus of Variations.- Appendix: Mathematical Notes.- References.- Index.