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John N. Hooker - Integrated Methods for Optimization (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 170) - 9781461418993 - V9781461418993
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Integrated Methods for Optimization (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 170)

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Description for Integrated Methods for Optimization (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 170) Hardcover. Now in a fully updated second edition, with new chapters covering flow theory, state-of-the-art search methods and GO/nonlinear programming, this unified treatment of optimization methods deals with all facets of the topic needed by students and practitioners. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 642 pages, 30 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBWH; UMA; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1070.

The first edition of Integrated Methods for Optimization was published in January 2007. Because the book covers a rapidly developing field, the time is right for a second edition. The book provides a unified treatment of optimization methods. It brings ideas from mathematical programming (MP), constraint programming (CP), and global optimization (GO)into a single volume. There is no reason these must be learned as separate fields, as they normally are, and there are three reasons they should be studied together. (1) There is much in common among them intellectually, and to a large degree they can be understood as special ... Read more

The book provides a unique resource for graduate students and practitioners who want a well-rounded background in optimization methods within a single course of study. Engineering students are a particularly large potential audience, because engineering optimization problems often benefit from a combined approach—particularly where design, scheduling, or logistics are involved. The text is also of value to those studying operations research, because their educational programs rarely cover CP, and to those studying computer science and artificial intelligence (AI), because their curric

ula typically omit MP and GO. The text is also useful for practitioners in any of these areas who want to learn about another, because it provides a more concise and accessible treatment than other texts.

The book can cover so wide a range of material because it focuses on ideas that arerelevant to the methods used in general-purpose optimization and constraint solvers. The book focuses on ideas behind the methods that have proved useful in general-purpose optimization and constraint solvers, as well as integrated solvers of the present and foreseeable future.  The second edition updates results in this area and includes several major new topics:

  • Background material in linear, nonlinear, and dynamic programming.
  • Network flow theory, due to its importance in filtering algorithms.
  • A chapter on generalized duality theory that more explicitly develops a unifying primal-dual algorithmic structure for optimization methods.
  • An extensive survey of search methods from both MP and AI, using the primal-dual framework as an organizing principle.
  • Coverage of several additional global constraints used in CP solvers.

The book continues to focus on exact as opposed to heuristic methods. It is possible to bring heuristic methods into the unifying scheme described in the book, and the new edition will retain the brief discussion of how this might be done.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
Number of Pages
642
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461418993
SKU
V9781461418993
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About John N. Hooker
John Hooker is T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, and Professor of Operations Research, at Carnegie Mellon University.  He is also part-time Visiting Professor at London School of Economics, 2009-2011.  He holds doctoral degrees in philosophy and management science.  His research interests include operations research, business ethics, and cross-cultural issues.  He teaches courses in these fields ... Read more

Reviews for Integrated Methods for Optimization (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 170)
From the reviews of the second edition: “The book amply illustrates the power of combining the strengths of constraint programming, mathematical programming, global optimization, and heuristics by detailing these approaches, by articulating the commonalties among them, and by applying them to a wide range of optimization problems. … this book covers the field both broadly and with sufficient granularity ... Read more

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