Title | From Local to Global Optimization [electronic resource] / edited by Athanasios Migdalas, Panos M. Pardalos, Peter Vรคrbrand |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5284-7 |
Descript | XVIII, 340 p. online resource |
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 Tuyโs 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