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Polak, Elijah was born on August 11, 1931 in Bialystok, Poland. Son of Isaac and Fruma (Friedman) Polak. came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1977.
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This book deals with optimality conditions, algorithms, and discretization tech niques for nonlinear programming, semi-infinite optimization, and optimal con trol problems. The unifying thread in the presentation consists of an abstract theory, within which optimality conditions are expressed in the form of zeros of optimality junctions, algorithms are characterized by point-to-set iteration maps, and all the numerical approximations required in the solution of semi-infinite optimization and optimal control problems are treated within the context of con sistent approximations and algorithm implementation techniques. Traditionally, necessary optimality conditions for optimization problems are presented in Lagrange, F. John, or Karush-Kuhn-Tucker multiplier forms, with gradients used for smooth problems and subgradients for nonsmooth prob lems. We present these classical optimality conditions and show that they are satisfied at a point if and only if this point is a zero of an upper semicontinuous optimality junction. The use of optimality functions has several advantages. First, optimality functions can be used in an abstract study of optimization algo rithms. Second, many optimization algorithms can be shown to use search directions that are obtained in evaluating optimality functions, thus establishing a clear relationship between optimality conditions and algorithms. Third, estab lishing optimality conditions for highly complex problems, such as optimal con trol problems with control and trajectory constraints, is much easier in terms of optimality functions than in the classical manner. In addition, the relationship between optimality conditions for finite-dimensional problems and semi-infinite optimization and optimal control problems becomes transparent.
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engineering educator computer scientist
Polak, Elijah was born on August 11, 1931 in Bialystok, Poland. Son of Isaac and Fruma (Friedman) Polak. came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1977.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Melbourne, Australia, 1957. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1961.
Instrument engineer, ICIANZ, Melbourne, Australia, 1956-1957; summer student, International Business Machines Corporation Research laboratories, San Jose, California, 1959-1960; visiting assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, fall 1964; associate department electrical engineering and computer science, University of California, Berkeley, 1958-1961; assistant professor electrical engineering and computer science, University of California, 1961-1966; associate professor, University of California, 1966-1969; professor, University of California, 1969-1994; professor Graduate School, University of California, since 1994.
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Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (associate editor Journal Theory and Applications Optimization since 1972), Society Mathematics Programming.
Married Virginia Ann Gray, June 11, 1961. Children: Oren, Sharon.