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Optimization and Industry: New Frontiers

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Panos M. Pardalos

    1. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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  2. Victor Korotkikh

    1. Central Queensland University, Mackay, Australia

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Part of the book series: Applied Optimization (APOP, volume 78)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Addressing the Solution of Nonsmooth Optimization Problems Arising in Industry

    • Sharon K. Filipowski, Matthew E. Berge, Daniel J. Pierce, Jason Wu
    Pages 1-13

  3. Heuristic Approaches to Production-Inventory-Distribution Problems in Supply Chains

    • Burak Eksioglu, Athanasios Migdalas, Panos M. Pardalos
    Pages 15-37

  4. Optimization in the Automotive Industry

    • Donald R. Jones
    Pages 39-58

  5. Combinatorial Optimization in Telecommunications

    • Mauricio G. C. Resende
    Pages 59-112

  6. Air Traffic Management at Sydney with Cancellations and Curfew Penalties

    • Jerzy A. Filar, Prabhu Manyem, Marc Simon Visser, Kevin White
    Pages 113-140

  7. Nash Equilibria in Electricity Markets with Fixed Prices Points

    • E. J. Anderson, H. Xu
    Pages 141-157

  8. Metaheuristic Algorithms for the Strip Packing Problem

    • Manuel Iori, Silvano Martello, Michele Monaci
    Pages 159-179

  9. On the Role of Nonlocal Correlations in Optimization

    • Galina Korotkikh, Victor Korotkikh
    Pages 181-219

  10. Global Minimization of Lennard-Jones Clusters by a Two-Phase Monotonic Method

    • M. Locatelli, F. Schoen
    Pages 221-240

  11. Optimal Placement of Backbone Structures in a Rural Telecommunication Network

    • M. M. Ali, C. Oppermann, B. Thomas, E. M. Wolmarans
    Pages 241-257

  12. Computational Methods for Epilepsy Diagnosis. Visual Perception and EEG

    • Rasa Ruseckaite
    Pages 259-280

  13. Evolving Agents for Global Optimization

    • Baolin Wu, Xinghuo Yu
    Pages 281-292

  14. A Decomposition Approach for Optimal Processing of Telecommunications and Cyberspace Systems

    • Victor Korotkikh, Noel Patson
    Pages 293-308

  15. Outsourcing Decision Support: A Web-Based Approach

    • Michael J. Nealon, Mark E. Johnston
    Pages 309-326

  16. Intelligent Agent Application within Distributed Networking Simulation System

    • Amir M. Anvar
    Pages 327-339
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Optimization from Human Genes to Cutting Edge Technologies The challenges faced by industry today are so complex that they can only be solved through the help and participation of optimization ex­ perts. For example, many industries in e-commerce, finance, medicine, and engineering, face several computational challenges due to the mas­ sive data sets that arise in their applications. Some of the challenges include, extended memory algorithms and data structures, new program­ ming environments, software systems, cryptographic protocols, storage devices, data compression, mathematical and statistical methods for knowledge mining, and information visualization. With advances in computer and information systems technologies, and many interdisci­ plinary efforts, many of the "data avalanche challenges" are beginning to be addressed. Optimization is the most crucial component in these efforts. Nowadays, the main task of optimization is to investigate the cutting edge frontiers of these technologies and systems and find the best solutions for their realization. Optimization principles are evident in nature (the perfect optimizer) and appeared early in human history. Did you ever watch how a spider catches a fly or a mosquito? Usually a spider hides at the edge of its net. When a fly or a mosquito hits the net the spider will pick up each line in the net to choose the tense line? Some biologists explain that the line gives the shortest path from the spider to its prey.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Panos M. Pardalos

  • Central Queensland University, Mackay, Australia

    Victor Korotkikh

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