Optimization

Robust optimization is still a relatively new approach to optimization problems affected by uncertainty, but it has already proved so useful in real applications that it is difficult to tackle such problems today without considering this powerful methodology.

This is the first book devoted entirely to Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), which is a non-specific algorithm, similar to evolutionary algorithms, such as taboo search and ant colonies.

This book explores the design of optimal trajectories for space maneuver vehicles (SMVs) using optimal control-based techniques.

Fuzzy Algorithms for Control gives an overview of the research results of a number of European research groups that are active and play a leading role in the field of fuzzy modeling and control.

A comprehensive introduction to the tools, techniques and applications of convex optimization.

Letztere erfordern zur Beantwortung keine Rechnung und nur wenig Zeit, dafür aber gewisse theoretische Kenntnisse, während in den meisten anderen gestell­ ten Aufgaben die Anwendung von Methoden und Algorithmen sowie auch Re­ chenfertigkeiten (denn jede Klausur hat ein Zeitlimit!

Hybrid dynamical systems exhibit continuous and instantaneous changes, having features of continuous-time and discrete-time dynamical systems.

This little book is a revised and expanded version of one I wrote for the "e;VIII Latin American School of Mathematics"e; [29], in Portuguese, based on which I have periodically taught a topics course over the last 18 years.

Current research and applications in nonlinear analysis influenced by Haim Brezis and Louis Nirenberg are presented in this book by leading mathematicians.

This monograph presents a rigorous mathematical introduction to optimal transport as a variational problem, its use in modeling various phenomena, and its connections with partial differential equations.

This book on optimization includes forewords by Michael I.

Many experiments have shown the human brain generally has very serious problems dealing with probability and chance.

Telecommunications has had a major impact in all aspects of life in the last century.

The word sex has many implications when it is used in connection with video games.

Optimal analysis is defined as an analysis that creates and uses sparse, well-structured and well-conditioned matrices.

Supply Chain Optimization captures the latest results in a segment of current research activity in supply chain management.

By offering a critical assessment of the evolution of standard game theory, this book argues for a shift in the ontology and methodology of game theory for appraising games, one based on understanding the players' strategic reasoning process.

Mathematik als propädeutisches Fach am Beginn eines wirtschaftswissenschaft­ lichen Studiums: Was soll gelehrt werden?

This title links two of the most dominant research streams in philosophy of logic, namely game theory and proof theory.

Sebastian Meiswinkel studies optimization problems that arise at container ports from a classic optimization as well as from a mechanism design point of view.

This volume is devoted to the study of hyperbolic free boundary problems possessing variational structure.

The contributions appearing in this volume are a snapshot of the different topics that were discussed during the Second Conference "e;Mathematics and Image Processing"e; held at the University of Orleans in 2010.

The material of the present book is an extension of a graduate course given by the author at the University "e;Al.

This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2021), which was hosted online by the University of Bern from August 31 to September 3, 2021, and was jointly organized by the Operations Research Societies of Switzerland (SVOR/ASRO), Germany (GOR e.

This volume provides a unique collection of mathematical tools and industrial case studies in digital manufacturing.

The theory of social choice deals with both the processes and results of col- lective decision making.

Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Feedback Control develops model-based and data-driven reinforcement learning methods for solving optimal control problems in nonlinear deterministic dynamical systems.

Expert Guidance on the Math Needed for 3D Game ProgrammingDeveloped from the authors' popular Game Developers Conference (GDC) tutorial, Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications, Third Edition illustrates the importance of mathematics in 3D programming.

LEGOfied: Building Blocks as Media provides a multi-faceted exploration of LEGO fandom, addressing a blindspot in current accounts of LEGO and an emerging area of interest to media scholars: namely, the role of hobbyist enthusiasts and content producers in LEGO's emergence as a ubiquitous transmedia franchise.

A comprehensive work in finite-value systems that covers the latest achievements using the semi-tensor product method, on various kinds of finite-value systems.

This book proposes novel methods for solving different types of non-cooperative games with interval/fuzzy/intuitionistic fuzzy payoffs.

DEA is computational at its core and this book will be one of several books that we will look to publish on the computational aspects of DEA.

Optimization in Quality Control presents a broad survey of the state of the art in optimization in quality, and focuses on industrial and national competitiveness.

Who could have predicted that the S' eminaire de Probabilit' es would reach the age of 40?

This book describes concepts and tools needed for water resources management, including methods for modeling, simulation, optimization, big data analysis, data mining, remote sensing, geographical information system, game theory, conflict resolution, System dynamics, agent-based models, multiobjective, multicriteria, and multiattribute decision making and risk and uncertainty analysis, for better and sustainable management of water resources and consumption, thus mitigating the present and future global water shortage crisis.

This monograph represents a historic breakthrough in the field of linear programming (LP)since George Dantzig first discovered the simplex method in 1947.

This book covers the conventional and most recent theories and applications in the area of evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence, and meta-heuristics.

This is the second of three volumes providing a comprehensive presentation of the fundamentals of scientific computing.

Peter Kall and Janos Mayer are distinguished scholars and professors of Operations Research and their research interest is particularly devoted to the area of stochastic optimization.

Linear programming represents one of the major applications of mathematics to business, industry, and economics.

This authored monograph covers a viability to approach to traffic management by advising to vehicles circulated on the network the velocity they should follow for satisfying global traffic conditions;.

Eurocorridors are characterized by intensive transport flows and dynamic patterns of establishment and household locations.

Small satellite technology is opening up a new era in space exploration offering reduced cost of launch and maintenance, operational flexibility with on-orbit reconfiguration, redundancy etc.

  This book gathers the most essential results, including recent ones, on linear-quadratic optimal control problems, which represent an important aspect of stochastic control.

This book presents the best papers from the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Research for Blockchain Economy (MARBLE) 2024, held in Malaga, Spain.

This monograph presents the most recent developments in the study of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations and control problems with discontinuities, mainly from the viewpoint of partial differential equations.