Historical Papers in Nonlinear Programming
Publisher: Birkh User
Published: 2012
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9783034804387
Description: The book contains reproductions of the most important papers that gave birth to the first developments in nonlinear programming. Of particular interest is W. Karush's  often quoted Master Thesis, which is published for the first time. The anthology includes an extensive preliminary chapter, where the editors trace out the history of mathematical programming, with special reference to linear and nonlinear programming.