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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Ravindran, A., 1944–
Engineering optimization: methods and applications /A. Ravindran, K. M. Ragsdell,
G. V. Reklaitis.—2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN-13 978-0-471-55814-9 (cloth)
ISBN-10 0-471-55814-1 (cloth)
1. Engineering—Mathematical models. 2. Mathematical optimization. I. Ragsdell,
K. M. II. Reklaitis, G. V., 1942– III. Title.
TA342.R44 2006
620
⬘.0042—dc22
2005044611
Printed in the United States of America
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