Principles of Optimal Design: Modeling and Computation
From reviews of the First Edition:"There are many carefully worked out examples and exercises.  This is a very well written textbook for a first course in this subject at a beginning graduate level.  The reviewer would feel very comfortable teaching a course using this as a textbook."    Mathematical Reviews"...an excellent book...This book is definitely aimed at the engineering design students, and it will be a valuable addition to the libraries of operation researchers, economists, numerical analysts and some computer scientists."    Physics in Canada"The strength of the book is the large number of carefully chosen engineering examples...an excellent text for engineering students. It is well organised, clearly presented and generously illustrated."   The Aeronautical Journal Aug 2001