Introducing numerical optimization techniques

In real life, optimizing means choosing the best option among several available alternatives. Each of us optimizes an itinerary to reach a destination, organizes our day, how we use savings, and so on. In mathematics, optimizing means determining the value of the variables of a function so that it assumes its minimum or maximum. Optimization is the discipline that deals with the formulation of useful models in applications, thereby using efficient methods to identify an optimal solution.

Optimization models have great practical interest for the many applications offered. In fact, there are numerous decision-making processes that require you to determine the choice that minimizes the cost or maximizes the gain and are therefore attributable to optimization models. In optimization theory, a relevant position is occupied by mathematical optimization models, for which the evaluation function and the constraints that characterize the permissible...