Global optimization : theory, algorithms, and applications / Marco Locatelli, Fabio Schoen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Locatelli, Marco.

Contributor:

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Schoen, Fabio.

Series:

MOS-SIAM series on optimization.

MOS-SIAM series on optimization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonconvex programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 437 pages ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM, 3600 Market Street, Floor 6, Philadelphia, PA 19104), 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Summary:

This volume contains a thorough overview of the rapidly growing field of global optimization, with chapters on key topics such as complexity, heuristic methods, derivation of lower bounds for minimization problems, and branch-and-bound methods and convergence. The final chapter offers both benchmark test problems and applications of global optimization, such as finding the conformation of a molecule or planning an optimal trajectory for interplanetary space travel. An appendix provides fundamental information on convex and concave functions.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Complexity

Heuristics

Lower bounds

Branch and bound

Problems

Appendix A. Basic definitions and results on convexity

Appendix B, Notation

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from title screen, viewed 06/21/2013.

ISBN:

1-61197-267-1

OCLC:

850421166

Publisher Number:

MO15 SIAM