Optimization

This book presents the state-of-the-art in non-linear dynamics and sunspots.

This volume comprises a selection of works presented at the Numerical and Evolutionary Optimization (NEO) workshop held in September 2015 in Tijuana, Mexico.

This contributed volume contains fourteen papers based on selected presentations from the European Conference on Game Theory SING11-GTM 2015, held at Saint Petersburg State University in July 2015, and the Networking Games and Management workshop, held at the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Petrozvavodsk, Russia, also in July 2015.

This volume results from the "e;Second International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters"e; held in Kalamata, Greece, June 29-July 2, 2015.

This book contains the most recent progress in data assimilation in meteorology, oceanography and hydrology including land surface.

This book examines the interaction between the technical and economic issues in database-assisted dynamic spectrum networks.

This book gathers a selection of refereed papers presented at the "e;International Conference on Operations Research OR2015,"e; which was held at the University of Vienna, Austria, September 1-4, 2015.

This book introduces a novel approach to discrete optimization, providing both theoretical insights and algorithmic developments that lead to improvements over state-of-the-art technology.

This book contains a collection of exercises (called "e;tapas"e;) at undergraduate level, mainly from the fields of real analysis, calculus, matrices, convexity, and optimization.

This book provides an introductory yet rigorous treatment of Pontryagin's Maximum Principle and its application to optimal control problems when simple and complex constraints act on state and control variables, the two classes of variable in such problems.

This book focuses on recent research in modern optimization and its implications in control and data analysis.

This book focuses on methods that relate, in one form or another, to the "e;small-gain theorem"e;.

This book presents a selection of advanced case studies that cover a substantial range of issues and real-world challenges and applications in space engineering.

This thesis explores several interdisciplinary topics at the border of theoretical physics and biology, presenting results that demonstrate the power of methods from statistical physics when applied to neighbouring disciplines.

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to nature-inspired metaheuristic methods for search and optimization, including the latest trends in evolutionary algorithms and other forms of natural computing.

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 volume sheds light on the current state of complex networks and nonlinear dynamics applied to the understanding of economic and social phenomena ranging from geographical economics to macroeconomics and finance, and its purpose is to give readers an overview of several interesting topics for research at an intermediate level.

The scope of this volume is primarily to analyze from different methodological perspectives  similar valuation and optimization problems arising in financial applications, aimed at facilitating a theoretical and computational integration between methods largely regarded as alternatives.

This book is about computational methods based on operator splitting.

This book collects recent research papers by respected specialists in the field.

This is the first book that sheds light on global game industries and cultural policy.

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Engineering, Economics and Management, MS 2016, held in Teruel, Spain, in July 2016.

This book examines the problem of maintenance planning and scheduling in industrial production systems.

This Palgrave Pivot uses a simple model from game theory to explain the behavior of countries disputing ownership of resources and of small islands in the South China Sea.

This book presents state-of-the-art research in political economy dealing with the decision making process under different political institutions.

The European Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications (ENUMATH), held every 2 years, provides a forum for discussing recent advances in and aspects of numerical mathematics and scientific and industrial applications.

This volume collects research papers addressing topical issues in economics and management with a particular focus on dynamic models which allow to analyze and foster the decision making of firms in dynamic complex environments.

This book provides readers with a detailed insight into diverse and exciting recent developments in computational solid mechanics, documenting new perspectives and horizons.

This book covers the theory of derivatives pricing and hedging as well as techniques used in mathematical finance.

This monograph explores the early development of the calculus of variations in continental Europe during the Eighteenth Century by illustrating the mathematics of its founders.

Beginning with a concise introduction to the theory of mean-field games (MFGs), this book presents the key elements of the regularity theory for MFGs.

This book presents the construction and resolution of 50 practical optimization problems and covers an exceptionally wide range, including games-associated problems (Unblock Me, Sudokus), logistical problems, and problems concerning plant distribution, production, operations scheduling, management and resource allocation.

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

This book offers a simple introduction to the fundamentals and applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) without a pre-requisite for a sophisticated mathematical background.

This monograph provides a detailed analysis on fair queueing rules from a normative, a strategic, and a non-cooperative viewpoint.

The authors present a new formal framework for finding the long-run competitive market equilibrium through short-run equilibria by exploiting the operating policies and plant valuations.

This book presents results on the convergence behavior of algorithms which are known as vital tools for solving convex feasibility problems and common fixed point problems.

This textbook presents worked-out exercises on game theory with detailed step-by-step explanations.

Thistextbook approaches optimization from a multi-aspect, multi-criteria perspective.

This book gathers carefully selected works in Mathematical Economics, on myriad topics including General Equilibrium, Game Theory, Economic Growth, Welfare, Social Choice Theory, Finance.

This edited monograph includes state-of-the-art contributions on continuous time dynamical networks with delays.

The goal in putting together this unique compilation was to present the current status of the solutions to some of the most essential open problems in pure and applied mathematics.

This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment, Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and Policy.

This edited book aims at presenting current research activities in the field of robust variable-structure systems.

This book presents state-of-the-art results and methodologies in modern global optimization, and has been a staple reference for researchers, engineers, advanced students (also in applied mathematics), and practitioners in various fields of engineering.

This book is the fourth in a multidisciplinary series which brings together leading researchers in the STEAM-H disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Mathematics and Health) to present their perspective on advances in their own specific fields, and to generate a genuinely interdisciplinary collaboration that transcends parochial subject-matter boundaries.

Designed for graduate students, researchers, and engineers in mathematics, optimization, and economics, this self-contained volume presents theory, methods, and applications in mathematical analysis and approximation theory.

This book studies the approximate solutions of optimization problems in the presence of computational errors.

This book explains the most prominent and some promising new, general techniques that combine metaheuristics with other optimization methods.

This book offers a thorough examination of potential game theory and its applications in radio resource management for wireless communications systems and networking.