Engineering Optimization – A Modern Approach (First Edition) Ranjan Ganguli

Engineering Optimization – A Modern Approach (First Edition) Ranjan Ganguli 2012; 268 pp; Paperback; 180 × 240 mm; 978-81-7371-739-0 For sale only in India,Nepal,Bhutan,Bangladesh,Sri Lanka,Pakistan,China,Malaysia,Indonesia,Singapore 350.00 The deployment of optimization techniques at the conceptual design stage of complex technical systems is today no longer a desirable trait but an absolute necessity. This book aims to make the optimization technique pervasive in engineering design by moving the problem from an academic setting to an industrial platform. It provides a thorough understanding of the concepts of optimization necessary for a robust design of technical systems. The approach is from a modern perspective—it dwells on surrogate modelling and non-gradient-based algorithms and at the same time emphasizes classical methods for pedagogical reasons. Nonlinear optimization, response-surface method and genetic-algorithm approaches have been focussed upon to bridge the gap between nonlinear  programming and engineering optimization techniques. The best way to learn optimization methods is undoubtedly by solving problems and following it up with exercises in computer programming. To enable this experience, the book has several solved examples, some of them non-trivial, besides many unsolved problems for the student to work out. About the Author Ranjan Ganguli is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. He received his PhD and MS degrees from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, USA, and his BTech (Honors) degree from IIT Kharagpur. Dr Ganguli works in the area of design optimization, structural dynamics and aeroelasticity. He is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.