1 Preliminary Concepts , 1-20 2 One Dimensional Unconstrained Minimization , 21-55 3 Unconstrained Minimization , 56-91 4 Linear Programming , 92-140 5 Constrained Minimization , 141-221 6 Penalty Function & Duality Based Methods , 222-258 7 Direct Search Methods for Nonlinear Optimization , 259-295 8 Integer & Discrete Programming , 296-326 9 Dynamic Programming , 327…