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In the last chapter we considered the problem of how to select the best arrangement or combination of means for performing a given function. The variations under consideration were of kind, not of degree. But even when all decisions of kind have been made, so that all the qualitative aspects are settled, there remains the easier problem of fixing all the quantities involved. The solution of this problem we shall call ‘optimisation’.
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French, M.J. (1999). Optimisation. In: Conceptual Design for Engineers. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3627-9_3
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