System Modeling and Optimization: 23rd IFIP TC 7 Conference, Cracow, Poland, July 23-27, 2007, Revised Selected Papers

rd This book constitutes a collection of extended versions of papers presented at the 23 IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, which was held in C- cow, Poland, on July 23–27, 2007. It contains 7 plenary and 22 contributed articles, the latter selected via a peer reviewing process. Most of the papers are concerned with optimization and optimal control. Some of them deal with practical issues, e. g. , performance-based design for seismic risk reduction, or evolutionary opt...