Optimization

Strategic behavior in the human and social world has been increasingly recognized in theory and practice.

Predation is an ecological factor of almost universal importance for the biol- ogist who aims at an understanding of the habits and structures of animals.

This up-to-date overview of Bayesian nonparametric statistics provides both an introduction to the field and coverage of recent research topics, including deep neural networks, high-dimensional models and multiple testing, Bernstein-von Mises theorems and variational Bayes approximations, many of which have previously only been accessible through research articles.

Expert authors draw on fundamental theory to explain the core principles and key design considerations for developing cognitive radio systems.

Metaheuristics support managers in decision-making with robust tools that provide high-quality solutions to important applications in business, engineering, economics, and science in reasonable time frames, but finding exact solutions in these applications still poses a real challenge.

This book introduces readers to the "e;Jaya"e; algorithm, an advanced optimization technique that can be applied to many physical and engineering systems.

This book constitutes revised selected and extended papers presented at track 4 of the Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems, FedCSIS 2020, which took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, during September 6-9, 2020.

This book provides an account of the underlying mathematics of mechanism design based on linear programming.

The quadratic binary optimization problem (QUBO) is a versatile combinatorial optimization model with a variety of applications and rich theoretical properties.

This comprehensive treatment of multivariable calculus focuses on the numerous tools that MATLAB(R) brings to the subject, as it presents introductions to geometry, mathematical physics, and kinematics.

Fierce competition in today's global market provides a powerful motivation for developing ever more sophisticated logistics systems.

The book discusses advantages of the firefly algorithm over other well-known metaheuristic algorithms in various engineering studies.

In the fall of 1994, Edward Witten proposed a set of equations which give the main results of Donaldson theory in a far simpler way than had been thought possible.

Cloud computing offers subscription-based on-demand services, and it has emerged as the backbone of the computing industry.

This book highlights new and original contributions on Graph Theory and Combinatorial Optimization both from the theoretical point of view and from applications in all fields.

As Richard Bellman has so elegantly stated at the Second International Conference on General Inequalities (Oberwolfach, 1978), "e;There are three reasons for the study of inequalities: practical, theoretical, and aesthetic.

This book offers a theoretical and computational presentation of a variety of linear programming algorithms and methods with an emphasis on the revised simplex method and its components.

Industries rely more and more on advanced technology.

Since the 1950s control theory has established itself as a major mathematical discipline, particularly suitable for application in a number of research fields, including advanced engineering design, economics and the medical sciences.

Designed for the 21st century classroom, this textbook poses, refines, and analyzes questions of sustainability in a quantitative environment.

H-infinity engineering continues to establish itself as a discipline of applied mathematics.

This volume presents recent advances in the dynamic field of Artificial Economics and its various applications.

The 21st century has seen a board game renaissance.

A remarkable facet of the human brain is its ability to manage multiple tasks with apparent simultaneity.

Evolution strategies have more than 50 years of history in the field of evolutionary computation.

The second edition of this classic textbook presents a rigorous and self-contained introduction to real analysis with the goal of providing a solid foundation for future coursework and research in applied mathematics.

In this book, the basic methods of nonlinear analysis are emphasized and illustrated in simple examples.

Simple games are mathematical structures inspired by voting systems in which a single alternative, such as a bill, is pitted against the status quo.

The book provides a broad introduction to both the theory and the application of optimization with a special emphasis on the elegance, importance, and usefulness of the parametric self-dual simplex method.

Economists often look at markets as given, and try to make predictions about who will do what and what will happen in these markets.

Mathematical models are used to convert real-life problems using mathematical concepts and language.

This study aid on numerical optimization techniques is intended for university undergraduate and postgraduate mechanical engineering students.

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Incorporating a number of the author's recent ideas and examples, Dynamic Programming: Foundations and Principles, Second Edition presents a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of dynamic programming.

Stochastic Averaging and Extremum Seeking treats methods inspired by attempts to understand the seemingly non-mathematical question of bacterial chemotaxis and their application in other environments.

Society has developed so that it accommodates the needs of intertwined people, but a question arises as to which people have been accommodated.

Das im heutigen Berufsalltag so wichtige und allgegenwärtige  „treffsichere Umgehen“ mit mathematischen Methoden und Modellen setzt voraus, dass Studierende die relevanten Werkzeuge kennen und verstehen, sie auswählen und anwenden sowie erzielte Ergebnis (auf Plausibilität) prüfen, bewerten und je nach Bedarf auf andere Fragestellungen transferieren bzw.

Establishing a new concept of local Lyapunov exponents the author brings together two separate theories, namely Lyapunov exponents and the theory of large deviations.

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A comprehensive treatment on the use of quantitative modeling for decision making and best practices in the service industries Making up a significant part of the world economy, the service sector is a rapidly evolving field that is relied on to dictate the public's satisfaction and success in various areas of everyday life, from banking and communications to education and healthcare.

The present textbook is a somewhat expanded version of the material of a three-semester course I gave in Bochum.

Problems in network optimization arise in all areas of technology and industrial management.

These lecture notes are devoted to the analysis of a nonlocal equation in the whole of Euclidean space.

Integrates theory, algorithms, modeling, and computer implementation while solved examples show realistic engineering optimization problems.

This proceedings is based on the interdisciplinary workshop held in Madrid, 5-9 March 2018, dedicated to Alberto Ibort on his 60th birthday.