From Local to Global Optimization

by A. Migdalas (Editor), Panos M. Pardalos (Editor), Peter Värbrand (Editor)

Overview

The book consists of research papers based on results presented at a conference held in Sweden to celebrate Hoang Tuy's achievements in Optimization. The collection is dedicated to Professor Tuy on the occasion of his 70^th birthday.
The papers appear in alphabetical order by first author and cover a wide range of recent results in Mathematical Programming. The work of Hoang Tuy, in particular in Global Optimization, has provided directions for new algorithmic developments in the field.
Audience: Faculty, graduate students, and researchers in mathematical programming, computer science and engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792368830
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	06/30/2001
Series:	Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications , #53
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1 Convex Global Underestimation for Molecular Structure Prediction.- 2 Bayesian Heuristic Approach (BHA) and Applications to Discrete Optimization.- 3 A Finite Branch-and-Bound Method for Bilinear Hydro Power Scheduling.- 4 Two Examples of Global Optimization by Means of Local Techniques.- 5 Modelling techniques for nonlinear pooling problems.- 6 Optimization and Hierarchies for Lumped Distributed Networks.- 7 n Tuy’s 1964 Cone Splitting Algorithm for Concave Minimization.- 8 The—BB Global Optimization Algorithm for Nonconvex Problems: An Overview.- 9 Infimum of Polynomials and Singularity at Infinity.- 10 Solving Global Optimization Problems with BARON.- 11 D.C. Programming Approach to the Multidimensional Scaling Problem.- 12 On Minimization of Sums of Heterogeneous Quadratic Functions on Stiefel Manifolds.- 13 A Nonlinear Lagrangian Function for Discrete Optimization Problems.- 14 Local and Global Behavior of Moving Polytope Algorithms.- 15 Relational Complementarity Problem.