Optimization
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Optimization
Paperback. Covers the fundamentals in global optimization. This edition includes algorithms, applications, and complexity results for quadratic programming, concave minimization, DC and Lipshitz problems, decomposition algorithms for nonconvex optimization, and nonlinear network flow problems. Each chapter contains illustrative examples. Series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBU; PBW; UM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367567
- ISBN
- 9780792367567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 202.49
€ 202.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Migdalas, Athanasios; Pardalos, Panos M.; Varbrand, Peter (Linkoping Institute of Technology, Sweden). Series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBU; PBW; UM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368830
- ISBN
- 9780792368830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
hardcover. Optimality and stability are two important notions in applied mathematics. This book is a study of these notions and their relationship in linear and convex parametric programming models. Written in an analytic spirit, it begins with a survey of basic optimality conditions in nonlinear programming. Series: Applied Optimization. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; PBUD; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792371397
- ISBN
- 9780792371397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.86
€ 129.86
Hardback. Presents an overview of theoretical literature that studies the influence and formation of networks in social and economic situations in which the relations between participants who are not included in a particular participant's network are not of consequence to this participant. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792372264
- ISBN
- 9780792372264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.48
€ 246.48
Hardback. Constraint Programming is a problem-solving paradigm that establishes a distinction between two aspects of a problem: a definition of the constraints that define the problem to be solved and the algorithms and heuristics enabling the selection of decisions to solve the problem. This book covers various Constraint-Based Scheduling techniques. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBU; PBW; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792374084
- ISBN
- 9780792374084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.69
€ 244.69
Hardback. OmeGA, or the ordering messy genetic algorithm, combines some of the latest in competent GA technology to solve scheduling and other permutation problems. This book approaches the subjects systematically presenting the clearest description of messy GAs and investigating the algorithm on boundedly difficult test functions. Series: Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBU; T; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792374602
- ISBN
- 9780792374602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.01
€ 128.01
Hardback. The technology investment decision of an individual firm has become a very complex matter. In this book, several theoretical and technology investment models of the firm are developed and analyzed. To solve these models real options theory and game theory is used. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KN; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792374879
- ISBN
- 9780792374879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardback. The field of metaheuristics has been fast evolving. This volume presents essays on some of the main optimization strategies, including: simulated annealing; tabu search; genetic algorithms; scatter search; greedy randomized adaptive search; and variable neighbourhood search. Editor(s): Hansen, Pierre; Ribeiro, Celso C. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series. Num Pages: 651 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBU; PBW; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375203
- ISBN
- 9780792375203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.01
€ 243.01
Hardback. Concerned with situations in which several persons reach decisions independently and the final consequence depends, potentially, upon each of the decisions taken, this book illustrates with examples the various formalizations, or rationality criteria and explores the relationships among the different criteria's. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375401
- ISBN
- 9780792375401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Hardback. The use of evolutionary computation techniques has grown considerably. The use and applications of these techniques have been further enhanced resulting in a set of computational intelligence tools that are adept for solving complex optimization problems. This book covers the foundation as well as the practical side of evolutionary optimization. Editor(s): Sarker, Ruhul Amin; Mohammadian, M.; Yao, X. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 418 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376545
- ISBN
- 9780792376545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.50
€ 195.50
Hardback. Analyzing games defined on combinatorial structures, this book is useful to graduate students with some experience in game theory or mathematical programming and professional researchers in game theory, operational research and its applications in economic theory. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377825
- ISBN
- 9780792377825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.85
€ 193.85
Hardback. Provides an overview of the results obtained from empirical models of the political influence of interest groups. This book emphasises on the three game-theoretic model. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382300
- ISBN
- 9780792382300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.64
€ 128.64
Hardback. Devoted to the computation of equilibria, fixed points and stationary points. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383956
- ISBN
- 9780792383956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.12
€ 194.12
Hardback. Describes applicable mathematics without using calculus or limits in general. This title presents a review of the solution of systems of linear equations by the use of matrices. It introduces the theory of probability. It deals with developments in mathematics such as linear and dynamic programming, the theory of networks and the theory of games. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385110
- ISBN
- 9780792385110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.12
€ 242.12
Hardback. In cooperative games, one generally assumes that the agents know exactly the joint gains that can be achieved by any possible coalition of cooperating agents. In reality, however, only little is known with certainty. This book discusses a model of cooperative games with random payoffs. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792386605
- ISBN
- 9780792386605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.09
€ 126.09
Hardback. A collection of papers drawn from the 'Game Practice I' conference. Most of these contributions can be roughly classified into four groups: political applications, problems of cost/reward sharing, economic applications, and experiments. Editor(s): Patrone, Fioravante; Garcia-Jurado, Ignacio; Tijs, Stef. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792386612
- ISBN
- 9780792386612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.03
€ 70.03
Hardback. Provides a discussion of some relevant topics in game theory. This book contains several research topics and offers the basis for an advanced course in game theory. It also supplies some elementary versions of advanced topics of the field. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 672 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792386735
- ISBN
- 9780792386735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 362.25
€ 362.25
Hardback. Reviews the topic of co-ordination from an economic, theoretical standpoint. The aim of this volume is two-fold: first, it contributes to the ongoing research on the economics of co-ordination; and second, it disseminates results and encourages interest in the topic. Editor(s): Friedman, James W. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KJ; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1170.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792393818
- ISBN
- 9780792393818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.44
€ 126.44
Hardback. Derives both boundary (simplex) and interior point methods from the complementary slackness theorem and the duality theorem is derived from Farkas' Lemma, which is proved as a convex separation theorem. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBUH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792396222
- ISBN
- 9780792396222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 247.38
€ 247.38
Hardback. This work focuses largely on constrained optimization. It begins with a substantial treatment of linear programming and proceeds to convex analysis, network flows, integer programming, quadratic programming, and convex optimization. Software is included implementing the algorithms studied. Editor(s): Vanderbei, Robert J. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBUH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398042
- ISBN
- 9780792398042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.00
€ 246.00