Mikael Rönnqvist – författare

This exercise book is a supplement to the book Optimization, written by the same authors. In an earlier Swedish version of the book (2003) some exercises were included directly in the book. We have now moved these exercises to an independent book and substantially increased the number of exercises. Most exercises have detailed solutions while the remaining at least have short answers. The exercise book includes questions in the areas of linear programming, network optimization, nonlinear optimization, integer programming and dynamic programming and on the use of the solver in Excel and the modeling language AMPL.

Denna övningsbok utgör ett komplement till läroboken Optimeringslära. I en tidigare upplaga av läroboken (2003) ingick övningsuppgifter i boken. Nu har alla övningsuppgifter samlats i en egen bok och antalet uppgifter har utökats väsentligt. De flesta uppgifter har utförliga lösningsförslag.Övningsboken innehåller uppgifter inom områdena linjärprogrammering, nätverksoptimering, ickelinjär optimering, heltalsoptimering, dynamisk programmering samt uppgifter rörande användning av problemlösaren i Excel och modelleringsspråket AMPL.

This book is primarily aimed to be used in optimization courses at universities, engineering schools and business schools. It can be used by engineers, economists and others who work with optimization applications and optimization theory. The book describes how optimization models can be formulated and includes basic optimization theory, solution methods and practical use of the solver in Excel and the modeling language AMPL. The areas covered in the book are linear programming, network optimization, nonlinear optimization, integer programming and dynamic programming. Models and methods are illustrated with a large number of examples and figures. This is the English version of the Swedish book Optimeringslära (2008). The two versions are equivalent to each other and can easily be used in the same course for teaching in both English and Swedish. There is also a supplementary exercise book (versions in both English and Swedish) with a large number of exercises and solutions.

This book consists of a collection of articles describing the emergingand integrated area of Energy,Natural Resourcesand EnvironmentalEconomics.A majority of the authors are researchers doing applied work in economics, nance, and management science and are based in the Nordic countries. These countries have a long tradition of managing natural resources. Many of the applications are therefore founded on such examples. The book contents are based on a workshop that took place during May 15–16, 2008 in Bergen, Norway. The aim of the workshop was to create a meeting place for researchers who are active in the area of Energy, Natural Resource, and En- ronmentalEconomics,andat the same time celebrate ProfessorKurtJorns ¨ ten’s60th birthday. Thebookis dividedintofourparts. The rst part considerspetroleumandnatural gas applications, taking up topics ranging from the management of incomes and reserves to market modeling and value chain optimization. The second and most extensive part studies applications from electricity markets, including analyses of market prices, risk management, various optimization problems, electricity market design, and regulation. The third part describes different applications in logistics and management of natural resources. Finally, the fourth part covers more general problems and methods arising within the area.