Cornelius T. Leondes 
Computer-Aided Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing [PDF ebook] 
Systems Techniques and Applications, Volume IV, Optimization Methods for Manufacturing

In the competitive business arena companies must continually strive to create new and better products faster, more efficiently, and more cost effectively than their competitors to gain and keep the competitive advantage. Computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) are now the industry standa