Ebook: System Modelling and Optimization: Methods, Theory and Applications. 19th IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modelling and Optimization July 12–16, 1999, Cambridge, UK

System Modelling and Optimization covers research issues within systems theory, optimization, modelling, and computing. It includes contributions to structural mechanics, integer programming, nonlinear programming, interior point methods, dynamical systems, stability analysis, stochastic optimization, bilevel optimization, and semidefinite programming. Several survey papers written by leading experts in their fields complement new developments in theory and applications.
This book contains most of the invited papers and a few carefully selected submitted papers that were presented at the 19th IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modelling and Optimization, which was held in Cambridge, England, from July 12 to 16, 1999, and sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Topology Design of Structures, Materials and Mechanisms — Status and Perspectives....Pages 1-17
MIP: Theory and Practice — Closing the Gap....Pages 19-49
On the Role of Natural Level Functions to Achieve Global Convergence for Damped Newton Methods....Pages 51-74
Computational Experience with a Parallel Implementation of an Interior-Point Algorithm for Multicommodity Network Flows....Pages 75-95
Modelling the Behavior of Systems: Basic Concepts and Algorithms....Pages 97-117
Lipschitzian Stability of Newton’s Method for Variational Inclusions....Pages 119-147
SQP Methods for Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming....Pages 149-178
Algorithmic Implications of Duality in Stochastic Programs....Pages 179-188
A Model Which Integrates Strategic and Tactical Aspects of Forest Harvesting....Pages 189-207
Optimization of Chemical Processes under Uncertainty....Pages 209-226
Numerical Solution to the Acoustic Homicidal Chauffeur Game....Pages 227-249
Application of a Micro-Genetic Algorithm in Optimal Design of a Diffractive Optical Element....Pages 251-267
Semidefinite and Lagrangian Relaxations for Hard Combinatorial Problems....Pages 269-309
Recent Developments in Interior-Point Methods....Pages 311-333
Back Matter....Pages 335-347

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Topology Design of Structures, Materials and Mechanisms — Status and Perspectives....Pages 1-17
MIP: Theory and Practice — Closing the Gap....Pages 19-49
On the Role of Natural Level Functions to Achieve Global Convergence for Damped Newton Methods....Pages 51-74
Computational Experience with a Parallel Implementation of an Interior-Point Algorithm for Multicommodity Network Flows....Pages 75-95
Modelling the Behavior of Systems: Basic Concepts and Algorithms....Pages 97-117
Lipschitzian Stability of Newton’s Method for Variational Inclusions....Pages 119-147
SQP Methods for Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming....Pages 149-178
Algorithmic Implications of Duality in Stochastic Programs....Pages 179-188
A Model Which Integrates Strategic and Tactical Aspects of Forest Harvesting....Pages 189-207
Optimization of Chemical Processes under Uncertainty....Pages 209-226
Numerical Solution to the Acoustic Homicidal Chauffeur Game....Pages 227-249
Application of a Micro-Genetic Algorithm in Optimal Design of a Diffractive Optical Element....Pages 251-267
Semidefinite and Lagrangian Relaxations for Hard Combinatorial Problems....Pages 269-309
Recent Developments in Interior-Point Methods....Pages 311-333
Back Matter....Pages 335-347
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