Accession Number:

ADA151480

Title:

Software and Its Relationship to Methods.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CA DEPT OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

• Gill,P. E.
• Murray,W.
• Saunders,M. A.
• Wright,M. H.

Report Date:

1984-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

One view of numerical software is that it is simply a computer implementation of a known method. Implicit in this view is the assumption that the flow of information is in one direction only. However, developments in methods and software are intimately related, and neither is complete if considered in isolation. In this paper, we illustrate how the development of numerical software has influenced our research in optimization methods. Originator-supplied keywords included Quadratic programming, Nonlinear programming, Numerical software, Numerical analysis, Optimization, and Algorithms. Author

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• ALGORITHMS
• METHODOLOGY
• OPTIMIZATION
• ISOLATION
• QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING
• NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING

Subject Categories:

• Theoretical Mathematics
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE