Optimization

These lecture notes provide a self-contained introduction to regularity theory for elliptic equations and systems in divergence form.

This book uses asymptotic methods to obtain simple approximate analytic solutions to various problems within mechanics, notably wave processes in heterogeneous materials.

Dieses Lehrbuch gibt eine verständliche Einführung in die konvexe Analysis, die mathematische Sachverhalte einerseits stringent behandelt, sie aber andererseits auch sehr ausführlich motiviert und mit vielen Abbildungen illustriert.

The papers presented in this volume address diverse challenges in energy systems, ranging from operational to investment planning problems, from market economics to technical and environmental considerations, from distribution grids to transmission grids and from theoretical considerations to data provision concerns and applied case studies.

Nonsmooth energy functions govern phenomena which occur frequently in nature and in all areas of life.

"e;Decision Systems and Non-stochastic Randomness"e; is the first systematic presentation and mathematical formalization (including existence theorems) of the statistical regularities of non-stochastic randomness.

This monograph presents a mathematically rigorous and accessible treatment of the interaction between information, decision, control, and probability in single-agent and multi-agent systems.

This book celebrates the work of Patricia Werhane, an iconic figure in business ethics.

Machine learning heavily relies on optimization algorithms to solve its learning models.

The second edition of this book illuminates the fundamental principle and applications of probability-based multi-objective optimization for material selection in viewpoint of system theory, in which a brand new concept of preferable probability and its assessment as well as other treatments are introduced by authors for the first time.

Most of the articles in this book deal with static or point-to-pointInterconnection Networks.

When analyzing systems with a large number of parameters, the dimen- sion of the original system may present insurmountable difficulties for the analysis.

Invisible Digital helps us makes sense of something we cannot see by presenting an innovative approach to digital images and digital culture.

Not until the recent attacks on transport systems has transport security become a focus of public concern and academic research.

Organisations face many challenges, which induce them to perform better, and thus to establish mature (or excellent) business processes.

The goal of this book is to present basic optimization theory and modern computational algorithms in a concise manner.

Condorcet's Paradox has been formally studied by an amazing number of people in many different contexts for more than two centuries.

The models in mainstream game theory generally assume that actors act according to a single, consistent utility function.

This title examines the structure of approximate solutions of optimal control problems considered on subintervals of a real line.

Optimization Theory is becoming a more and more important mathematical as well as interdisciplinary area, especially in the interplay between mathematics and many other sciences like computer science, physics, engineering, operations research, etc.

There is a widening gap between the current organizational reality and the tools and methods available to managers for addressing its challenges.

Dynamic Systems Modelling and Optimal Control explores the applications of oil field development, energy system modelling, resource modelling, time varying control of dynamic system of national economy, and investment planning.

This book is one of the first to include an extensive discussion of integrated public transport planning.

This book provides a broad overview of project and project management principles, processes, and success/failure factors.

This brief explores the Krasnosel'skii-Man (KM) iterative method, which has been extensively employed to find fixed points of nonlinear methods.

Regularity of Minimal Surfaces begins with a survey of minimal surfaces with free boundaries.

Scheduling theory is an important branch of operations research.

This book provides a foundation in stochastic, linear, and mixed-integer programming algorithms with a focus on practical computer algorithm implementation.

This book contains the revised selected papers of the International Conference on Dynamic Monitoring and Optimization, DCO 2021, held in Aveiro, Portugal, February 3-5, 2021.

This book is a self-contained text devoted to the numerical determination of optimal inputs for system identification.

Si desea adentrarse en el mundo de la programación desde cero y avanzar progresivamente hasta cubrir los aspectos más complejos de la programación en C++, mediante el análisis y desarrollo de gran cantidad de problemas algorítmicos de todos los niveles, este libro será su gran aliado.

The concepts and techniques presented in this volume originated from the fields of dynamics, statistics, control theory, computer science and informatics, and are applied to novel and innovative real-world applications.

This book takes a balanced approach between theoretical understanding and real-time applications.

"Dies ist eine wundervoll lockere Einführung in ein Stück Mathematik, das mit dem Stichwort "Graphentheorie" nur ungefähr einzugrenzen ist.

This book addresses optimization in robotics, in terms of both the configuration space and the metal structure of the robot arm itself; and discusses, describes and builds different types of heuristics and algorithms in MATLAB.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to analyzing and solving optimal design problems in continuous media by means of the so-called sub-relaxation method.

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses offered to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Mathematics.

Classification and Examples of Differential Equations and their Applications is the sixth book within Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations, Six-volume Set.

Many systems architecture optimization problems are characterized by a variable number of optimization variables.

This book offers a comprehensive compilation of research on the evaluation of the most environmentally and socially responsible financial institutions using a multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach, with a focus on the principles of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) model.

Various imperfections in existing market systems prevent the free market from serving as a truly efficient allocation mechanism, but optimization of economic activities provides an effective remedial measure.

This book introduces an analytic framework constructed upon the iterated Prisoners' Dilemma game to model and analyze transboundary water interactions along the Nile River.

This edited monograph provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of sliding mode control, focusing on event-triggered implementation.

This volume provides an introduction to the theory of Mean Field Games, suggested by J.

This book contains the revised selected papers of the International Conference on Dynamic Monitoring and Optimization, DCO 2021, held in Aveiro, Portugal, February 3-5, 2021.

The common experience in solving control problems shows that optimal control as a function of time proves to be piecewise analytic, having a finite number of jumps (called switches) on any finite-time interval.