Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The text discusses the importance of employing smart technologies such as artificial intelligence, and optimization techniques in the fields including transportation, manufacturing, communications, and healthcare. It further highlights the use of machine learning models for diverse tasks such as predictive maintenance, fraud detection, and forecasting. It covers smooth nonlinear optimization problems and optimization of accounting information systems for enterprises. It is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering, and computer science and engineering"-- Provided by publisher.