A small nonlinear numerical example illustrates the calculation of these bounds. For this example the bounds closely bracket the optimum solution to the two-stage problem. OR professionals in every ...

Conditions which are necessary and sufficient for convergence of a nonlinear programming algorithm are stated. It is also shown that the convergence conditions can be easily applied to most ...

Linear and nonlinear programming to optimize the nutrient density of a population's diet: an example based on diets of preschool children in rural Malawi. Am J Clin Nutr 2002; 75: 245–253.