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Optimization Algorithms on Matrix Manifolds (2008), by P.-A. Absil, R. Mahony, and R. Sepulchre (PDF files with commentary at Princeton)
Iterative Methods for Optimization (Philadelphia: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, c1999), by C. T. Kelley (PDF at siam.org)
Lecture Notes on Optimization (electronic edition of "Notes on Optimization", 1998), by Pravin Pratap Varaiya (PDF at Berkeley)
The Design of Approximation Algorithms (electronic prepublication edition, c2011), by David P. Williamson and David Bernard Shmoys (PDF files with commentary at designofapproxalgs.com)
Randomness and Optimal Estimation in Data Sampling (second edition, 2002), by Mohammad Khosnevisan, Housila P. Singh, S. Saxena, Sarjinder Singh, and Florentin Smarandache (PDF at UNM)
The stability properties of optimal economic policies (Australian National University, Dept. of Economics, 1973), by Stephen J. Turnovsky and Australian National University. Department of Economics (page images at HathiTrust)
The Hanna Neumann lectures at ICME 5 (Depts. of Mathematics, Australian National University, 1986), by Hanna Neumann, M. F. Newman, and S. Austr) International Congress on Mathematical Education (5th : 1984 : Adelaide (page images at HathiTrust)
Statistical analysis and optimization of systems. (Wiley, 1961), by Edwin Lowell Peterson (page images at HathiTrust)
Groundwater remediation system design (Multimedia Environmental Simulations Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997), by M. M. Aral, Jiabao Guan, United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Multimedia Environmental Simulations Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Multi-objective optimization of pumping rates and well placement in coastal aquifers (Multimedia Environmental Simulations Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003), by Chan-Hee Park, M. M. Aral, United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Multimedia Environmental Simulations Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Variable metric method for minimization (Argonne National Laboratory, 1959), by William C. Davidon (page images at HathiTrust)
Variable metric method for minimization (Argonne National Laboratory, 1959), by William C. Davidon (page images at HathiTrust)
The theory and application of linear optimal control (Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, 1965), by E. G. Rynaski and Richard F. Whitbeck (page images at HathiTrust)
On the optimal growth of the two sector economy (Krannert Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Purdue University, 1973), by John Z. Drabicki and Akira Takayama (page images at HathiTrust)
Aircraft design for mission performance using nonlinear multiobjective optimization methods (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division :, 1990), by Augustine R. Dovi, Gregory A. Wrenn, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
A closed-form trim solution yielding minimum trim drag for airplanes with multiple longitudinal-control effectors (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division ;, 1989), by Kenneth H. Goodrich, Frederick J. Lallman, and Steven M. Sliwa (page images at HathiTrust)
Multidisciplinary optimization of controlled space structures with global sensitivity equations (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1991), by Sharon L. Padula and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Preliminary flight evaluation of an engine performance optimization algorithm (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1991), by Heather H. Lambert and Dryden Flight Research Facility (page images at HathiTrust)
Relative control effectiveness technique with application to airplane control coordination (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1985), by Frederick J. Lallman and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
A method to stabilize linear systems using Eigenvalue gradient information (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1985), by Carol D. Wieseman and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
An assessment of airfoil design by numerical optimization (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by R. M. Hicks, Garret N. Vanderplaats, Earll M. Murman, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Application of numerical optimization to the design of low-speed airfoils (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1975), by R. M. Hicks, Garret N. Vanderplaats, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Geometric programming prediction of design trends for OMV protective structures (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division ;, 1990), by Robert A. Mog, J. R. Horn, and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Structures and Dynamics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Application of mathematical optimization procedures to a structural model of a large finite-element wing (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1986), by Joanne L. Walsh and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Linearity optimization in a class of analog phase modulators (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1985), by Chase P. Hearn and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
A Method for obtaining reduced-order control laws for high-order systems using optimization techniques (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1981), by Vivek Mukhopadhyay, Irving Abel, Jerry R. Newsom, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimization of composite sandwich cover panels subjected to compressive loadings (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1991), by Juan R. Cruz and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Conceptual design optimization study (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division ;, 1990), by S. J. Hollowell, R. M. Hiyama, E. R. Beeman, Langley Research Center, and North American Aircraft (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
Some optimal branched trajectories (TRW Systems Group ;, 1969), by Joseph D. Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
Contact transformations and the theory of optimal control (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1965), by R. S. DeZur and G. W. Haynes (page images at HathiTrust)
NASA CR-426 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1966), by Lewis Meier, Ames Research Center, Stanford Research Institute, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
The linear time optimal control problem from a calculus of variations point of view (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1970), by Lawrence M. Hanafy, Langley Research Center, and North Carolina State University (page images at HathiTrust)
Comparison of genetic algorithms with conjugate gradient methods (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1972), by Jack Bosworth, Bernard P. Zeigler, N. Y. Foo, Langley Research Center, and University of Michigan (page images at HathiTrust)
Algebraic, geometric, and stochastic aspects of genetic operators (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1972), by N. Y. Foo, Jack Bosworth, Langley Research Center, and University of Michigan (page images at HathiTrust)
A new method for treating optimal trajectories with restricted segments (University of Arizona ;, 1967), by Thomas L. Vincent and Joseph D. Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
Formal and heuristic system decomposition methods in multidisciplinary synthesis (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program ;, 1991), by Christina L. Bloebaum, Mechanics University of Florida. Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Multilevel decomposition approach to the preliminary sizing of a transport aircraft wing (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division :, 1990), by Gregory A. Wrenn, Augustine R. Dovi, Langley Research Center, and Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Company (page images at HathiTrust)
An investigation of new methods for estimating parameter sensitivities (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division ;, 1989), by Todd J. Beltracchi, Gary A. Gabriele, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
A combined Newton-Raphson and gradient parameter correction technique for solution of optimal-control problems (National Aeronautics and Space Administration; for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va., 1968), by Ernest S. Armstrong (page images at HathiTrust)
Pressure and force characteristics of noncircular cylinders as affected by Reynolds number with a method included for determining the potential flow about arbitrary shapes (U.S. G.P.O.], 1959), by Edward C. Polhamus, E. W. Geller, and Kalman J. Grunwald (page images at HathiTrust)
An enhanced integrated aerodynamic load/dynamic optimization procedure for helicopter rotor blades (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division ;, 1990), by Aditi Chattopadhyay, Y. Danny Chiu, Langley Research Center, Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Company, and Inc Analytical Services & Materials (page images at HathiTrust)
Advances in optimal routing through computer networks (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1979), by Israel M. Paz and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Primer vector theory and applications (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1975), by Donald J. Jezewski and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimization of self-acting herringbone-grooved journal bearings for maximum stability (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by David P. Fleming, Bernard J. Hamrock, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
A transformation method for constrained-function minimization (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1975), by Stephen Keith Park and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
An optimality criterion for sizing members of heated structures with temperature constraints (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1977), by G. Venkateswara Rao, R. Narayanaswami, Charles P. Shore, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Automatic analog computer scaling using digital optimization techniques (Washington, 1970), by John Celmer, Mary Rouland, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
High-energy beam transport in a stochastic environment. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971), by Russell V. Parrish, Tassos A. Filippas, James E. Dieudonne, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
NASA TN D-6408 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration:, 1971), by Bruce Lehtinen (page images at HathiTrust)
Maximum range three-dimensional lifting planetary entry (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1972), by Ernst Dieter Dickmanns and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Aero-Astrodynamics Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Davidon-Broyden rank-one minimization methods in Hilbert space with application to optimal control problems (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1972), by Terry A. Straeter and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
An algorithm for a general class of routine problems derived from Huygens' principle (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Lee M. Avis, George R. Young, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
NASA TN D-6218 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1971), by Jarrell R. Elliott, William F. Teague, University of Kansas, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
A parallel variable metric optimization algorithm (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1973), by Terry A. Straeter, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
NASA TN D-6549 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1971), by A. Gary Childs, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimal and suboptimal control technique for aircraft spin recovery (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by John W. Young and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Minimum-weight designs for hat-stiffened composite panels under uniaxial compression (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Banarsi Agarwal, Randall C. Davis, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimization schemes for rational, computer aided fleet deployment : final report (Maritime Administration, Office of Research and Development, 1985), by Anastassios Nicholas Perakis, Nikiforos Papadakis, United States. Maritime Administration. University Research Program, United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Research and Development, and University of Michigan. Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimal control of nuclear reactor processes (Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1965), by Ronald R. Mohler, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Freight car truck design optimization. (U.S. Federal Railroad Administration Office of Research and Development, 1978), by J. D. Muhlenberg, A.J. Bang, G.R. Fay, United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development, Mitre Corporation. Metrek Division, Southern Pacific Transportation Company. Technical Research and Development Group, and United States. Office of Freight Systems (page images at HathiTrust)
Convex optimization and Lagrange multipliers (College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1977), by C. E. Blair and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Commerce and Business Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
An examination of a model of a search by the sense of "smell" (Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1964), by Michael Henry Goldhaber, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Minimization of logic networks under a generalized cost function (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974), by Saburo Muroga and Hung-Chi Lai (page images at HathiTrust)
Minimization of switching networks using negative functions (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois, 1969), by Toshihide Ibaraki and Saburo Muroga (page images at HathiTrust)
On the complexity of edge labelings for trees (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978), by Shmuel Zaks and Yehoshua Perl (page images at HathiTrust)
Design optimization in underground coal systems sections 1-4, interim report for July-September 1978 (Dept. of Energy ;, 1978), by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dept. of Mining and Minerals Engineering, C. D. Breeds, C. Haycocks, J. Richard Lucas, United States. Energy Research and Development Administration, and United States. Department of Energy (page images at HathiTrust)
A formal procedure for rapid optimization of design performance (Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, General Electric Company, 1961), by D. C. Sherman, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, General Electric Company, and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
A note on Lagrange multipliers (The Rand Corporation, 1963), by R. C. Kao (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimization techniques for hydrologic engineering (Dept. of Defense, Dept. of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center, 1966), by Leo R. Beard and United States. Hydrologic Engineering Center (page images at HathiTrust)
A systems approach to optimal experimental design in meteorology (Department of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 1973), by Martin C. Yerg and University of Oklahoma. Department of Meteorology (page images at HathiTrust)
On optimization in computer aided architectural design (Dept. of Architectural Science, University of Sydney, 1980), by Antony Radford and John S. Gero (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimal expansion of flood control systems : final report (University of Illinois Water Resources Center, 1977), by Thomas Morin and Young Soo Shin (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimization by the pattern search method (Tennessee Valley Authority, Division of Water Control Planning, Hydraulic Data Branch, Hydrologic Research and Analysis Staff, 1970), by Ralph F. Green and Tennessee Valley Authority. Division of Water Control Planning. Hydraulic Data Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
Load Combination Program Project II load combination methodology development : interim report II : load combination program (Washington, D.C. : Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1981., 1981), by M. W. Schwartz, C. K. Chou, C. Allin Cornell, J. Hudson, J. D. Collins, M. K. Ravindra, United States. National Technical Information Service, United States Government Printing Office, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (page images at HathiTrust)
Minimax detection station placement (L.G. Hansom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1965., 1965), by Richard D. Smallwood and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimality criterion methods in structural optimization (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1982., 1982), by N. S. Khot, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), and Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories (page images at HathiTrust)
The Four-element SBF array : variation of parameters for optimization of performance (L.G. Hansom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1971., 1971), by Hermann W. Ehrenspeck, J. A. Strom, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Identification of dynamic structures with special attention to damping matrix representation (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Flight Dynamics Directorate, Wright Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1992., 1992), by Jay H. Kim, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), and Ohio) Wright Laboratory (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (page images at HathiTrust)
A Neural network approach to model-based recognition (Bolling Air Force Base, D.C. : Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1990., 1990), by Gene Gindi, Yale University, and United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research (page images at HathiTrust)
Shape optimization of trusses subject to strength, displacement, and frequency constraints (DTIC, 1982), by Jorge E. Felix (page images at HathiTrust)
Fortran optimization program using a feasible directions gradient search (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1995), by M. Savage, Lewis Research Center, United States. Army Aviation Systems Command, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Program (page images at HathiTrust)
A study of synthesis techniques for optimal controllers (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Research and Technology Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1964., 1964), by B. Paiewonsky, J. McIntyre, F. Terkelsen, P. Woodrow, United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), Aeronautical Research Associates of Princeton, Inc General Precision, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) (page images at HathiTrust)
Optimization techniques : a comparison (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Research and Technology Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States. Air Force, 1962., 1964), by L. Schwartz, United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division. Directorate of Materials and Processes, and Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Proceedings of the Optimum System Synthesis Conference, 11-13 September 1962. (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Flight Control Laboratory, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1963., 1963), by Ohio) Optimum System Synthesis Conference (1962 : Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.), and United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division (page images at HathiTrust)

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