Large-Scale Optimization with Applications, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997 Part I: Optimization in Inverse Problems and Design The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications Series, Vol. 92

With contributions by specialists in optimization and practitioners in the fields of aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, and fluid and solid mechanics, the major themes include an assessment of the state of the art in optimization algorithms as well as challenging applications in design and control, in the areas of process engineering and systems with partial differential equation models.

Large-Scale Optimization with Applications, Part I: Optimization in Inverse Problems and Design.- Space mapping optimization for engineering design.- An inverse problem in plasma physics: The identification of the current density profile in a Tokamak.- Duality for inverse problems in wave propagation.- Piecewise differentiable minimization for ill-posed inverse problems.- The use of optimization in the reconstruction of obstacles from acoustic or electromagnetic scattering data.- Design of 3D-reflectors for near field and far field problems.- Optimal die shape and ram velocity design for metal forging.- Eigenvalues in optimum structural design.- Optimization Issues in Ocean Acoustics.- Gradient methods in inverse acoustic and electromagnetic scattering.- Atmospheric data assimilation based on the reduced Hessian successive quadratic programming algorithm.