recommendations for books on global optimization algorithms

Hi all

Can anyone recommend any good books on global optimization algorithms? I'd like to get a bit more "under the skin" of the algorithms present in matlab to understand better how I may apply them for the problems I am working on.

Cheers

Jakob

Answer 1

[Matt J]

I'd like to get a bit more "under the skin" of the algorithms present in matlab

There maybe better options for attacking the field of Global Optimization as a whole, but since you say you are looking for the innards of MATLAB's algorithms specifically, you might start by looking through the references sections for those routines, e.g.,

http://www.mathworks.com/help/gads/ga.html#zmw57dd0e32670

[Jakob Sievers]

What might those better options be? It doesn't necessarily need to be matlab oriented. I'd like to learn more generally how optimization algorithms work as well :-)

[Matt J]

I don't have any recommendations for general books. Browsing amazon could be the thing to do.