Global Optimization: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications: Series Number 15 (MPS-SIAM Series on Optimization, Series Number 15) - Softcover

Locatelli, Marco; Schoen, Fabio

 
9781611972665: Global Optimization: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications: Series Number 15 (MPS-SIAM Series on Optimization, Series Number 15)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1611972663 ISBN 13: 9781611972665
Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2013

Synopsis

Global optimization is a rapidly growing field with powerful applications in applied mathematics and the physical sciences. This book provides a thorough overview of this area, with material on key topics such as complexity; heuristic methods; derivation of lower bounds for minimization problems; and branch and bound methods and convergence. The final chapter offers both benchmark test problems and applications of global optimization such as finding the conformation of a molecule or planning an optimal trajectory for interplanetary space travel. In addition, fundamental information on convex and concave functions is provided in an index. This book is intended for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners looking for advanced solution methods to difficult optimization problems. It is appropriate for use as a supplementary text in an advanced graduate-level seminar.

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About the Authors

Marco Locatelli is Professor of Operations Research at the University of Parma, Italy. He serves on the editorial boards of Computational Optimization and Applications and the Journal of Global Optimization. His research interests include the theoretical and practical aspects of global optimization.

Fabio Schoen is Professor of Operations Research at the University of Florence, Italy. He serves on the editorial boards of Computational Optimization and Applications and the Journal of Global Optimization; in 2011 he founded KKT, a start-up devoted to operations research. His main research interests include developing efficient algorithms for large-scale global optimization problems.

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Publisher
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1611972663
ISBN 13 
9781611972665
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
450