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Del 92 - Applied Optimization
Applications of Supply Chain Management and E-Commerce Research
Inbunden, Engelska, 2004
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In February 2002, the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) De partment at the University of Florida hosted a National Science Founda tion Workshop on Collaboration and Negotiation in Supply Chain Man agement and E Commerce. This workshop focused on characterizing the challenges facing leading edge firms in supply chain management and electronic commerce, and identifying research opportunities for de veloping new technological and decision support capabilities sought by industry. The audience included practitioners in the areas of supply chain management and E Commerce, as well as academic researchers working in these areas. The workshop provided a unique setting that has facilitated ongoing dialog between academic researchers and industry practitioners. This book codifies many of the important themes and issues around which the workshop discussions centered. The editors of this book, all faculty members in the ISE Department at the University of Florida, also served as the workshop's coordinators. In addition to workshop participants, we also invited contributions from leading academics and practitioners who were not able to attend. As a result, the chapters herein represent a collection of research contributions, monographs, and case studies from a variety of disciplines and viewpoints. On the aca demic side alone, chapter authors include faculty members in supply chain and operations management, marketing, industrial engineering, economics, computer science, civil and environmental engineering, and building construction departments.
Supply Chain Optimisation
Product/Process Design, Facility Location and Flow Control
Inbunden, Engelska, 2004
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The idea of this book came to us in October 2002 at the international conference “Production systems design, supply chain management and logistics” (Miedzyzdroje, Poland). This conference was organized by an initiative group from certain French and Polish Universities with the objective to find a new synergy and to develop a Pan European (West – East) cooperation in the areas of: Design of production systems Supply and inventory management Production planning and scheduling Facility location, transportation and logistics Supply chain optimisation via simulation The conference was focused on a wide spectrum of optimisation problems taking into account Supply Chain paradigms, which create a pivotal idea to increase the productivity of modern production systems. The editors proposed to the group members, to present their results for this book. Some well-known scientists agreed also to participate in this work and sent us their contribution. The main idea of this book is that now, it is necessary to consider all the stages of product life cycle in an integrated approach, from the product/process design to the customer delivering. For example at the product design stage, we need to analyse and to optimise all the supply chain. The book is composed of 20 chapters divided into three parts.
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This book reports initial efforts in providing some useful extensions in - nancial modeling; further work is necessary to complete the research agenda. The demonstrated extensions in this book in the computation and modeling of optimal control in finance have shown the need and potential for further areas of study in financial modeling. Potentials are in both the mathematical structure and computational aspects of dynamic optimization. There are needs for more organized and coordinated computational approaches. These ext- sions will make dynamic financial optimization models relatively more stable for applications to academic and practical exercises in the areas of financial optimization, forecasting, planning and optimal social choice. This book will be useful to graduate students and academics in finance, mathematical economics, operations research and computer science. Prof- sional practitioners in the above areas will find the book interesting and inf- mative. The authors thank Professor B.D. Craven for providing extensive guidance and assistance in undertaking this research. This work owes significantly to him, which will be evident throughout the whole book. The differential eq- tion solver “nqq” used in this book was first developed by Professor Craven. Editorial assistance provided by Matthew Clarke, Margarita Kumnick and Tom Lun is also highly appreciated. Ping Chen also wants to thank her parents for their constant support and love during the past four years.
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A collection of 28 refereed papers grouped according to four broad topics: duality and optimality conditions, optimization algorithms, optimal control, and variational inequality and equilibrium problems. Suitable for researchers, practitioners and postgrads.
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Supply Chain Optimization captures the latest results in a segment of current research activity in supply chain management. This research area focuses on applying optimization techniques to supply chain management problems. The research papers that make up the volume provide a snapshot of state-of-the-art optimization methods within the field. This book presents rigorous modelling approaches for supply chain operations problems with a goal of improving supply chain performance (or the performance of some segment thereof). It contains high-quality works from leading researchers in the field whose expertise fits within this scope. The book provides a diverse blend of research topics and novel modelling and solution approaches for difficult classes of supply chain operations, planning, and design problems.
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Continuous optimization is the study of problems in which we wish to opti mize (either maximize or minimize) a continuous function (usually of several variables) often subject to a collection of restrictions on these variables. It has its foundation in the development of calculus by Newton and Leibniz in the 17*^ century. Nowadys, continuous optimization problems are widespread in the mathematical modelling of real world systems for a very broad range of applications. Solution methods for large multivariable constrained continuous optimiza tion problems using computers began with the work of Dantzig in the late 1940s on the simplex method for linear programming problems. Recent re search in continuous optimization has produced a variety of theoretical devel opments, solution methods and new areas of applications. It is impossible to give a full account of the current trends and modern applications of contin uous optimization. It is our intention to present a number of topics in order to show the spectrum of current research activities and the development of numerical methods and applications.
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Although transportation economists have advocated the tolling of urban streets as a mechanism for controlling congestion and managing travel demands for over 50 years, it is only recently that this idea has become practical. When compared to the alternative of building more roads, congestion pricing - in particular via electronic tolling - is attractive and has been adopted in countries around the world. Recent implementations in London, Singapore, and various cities in Norway, as well as a number of projects in the United States, have been judged successful. This book presents rigorous treatments of issues related to congestion pricing. The chapters describe recent advances in areas such as mathematical and computational models for predicting traffic congestion, determining when, where, and how much to levy tolls, and analyzing the impact of tolls on transporation systems. The analyses and methodologies developed in this book provide:- Mechanisms that aid in determining and comparing congestion pricing schemes- Methodologies for evaluating the efficiency of existing and proposed congestion pricing schemes- A means to predict the impact of pricing on urban transporation systems- Information essential to the financial and political success of congestion pricing programs.
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Practical Mathematical Optimization
An Introduction to Basic Optimization Theory and Classical and New Gradient-Based Algorithms
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
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It is intended that this book be used in senior- to graduate-level semester courses in optimization, as offered in mathematics, engineering, com puter science and operations research departments. Hopefully this book will also be useful to practising professionals in the workplace. The contents of the book represent the fundamental optimization mate rial collected and used by the author, over a period of more than twenty years, in teaching Practical Mathematical Optimization to undergradu ate as well as graduate engineering and science students at the University of Pretoria. The principal motivation for writing this work has not been the teaching of mathematics per se, but to equip students with the nec essary fundamental optimization theory and algorithms, so as to enable them to solve practical problems in their own particular principal fields of interest, be it physics, chemistry, engineering design or business eco nomics. The particular approach adopted here follows from the author's own personal experiences in doing research in solid-state physics and in mechanical engineering design, where he was constantly confronted by problems that can most easily and directly be solved via the judicious use of mathematical optimization techniques. This book is, however, not a collection of case studies restricted to the above-mentioned specialized research areas, but is intended to convey the basic optimization princi ples and algorithms to a general audience in such a way that, hopefully, the application to their own practical areas of interest will be relatively simple and straightforward.
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A basic problem for the interconnection of communications media is to design interconnection networks for specific needs. For example, to minimize delay and to maximize reliability, networks are required that have minimum diameter and maximum connectivity under certain conditions. This work provides a recent solution to this problem. The subject of all five chapters is the interconnection problem. The first two chapters deal with Cayley digraphs which are candidates for networks of maximum connectivity with given degree and number of nodes. Chapter 3 addresses Bruijn digraphs, Kautz digraphs and their generalizations, which are candidates for networks of minimum diameter and maximum connectivity with given degree and number of nodes. Chapter 4 studies double loop networks, and Chapter 5 considers broadcasting and the gossiping problem.
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This text offers a look at simplex-based as well as the more recent interior point techniques for solving linear programming problems. Starting with a review of the mathematical underpinnings of these approaches, the text provides details of the primal and dual simplex methods with the primal-dual, composite, and steepest edge simplex algorithms. This is then followed by a discussion of interior point techniques, including projective and affine potential reduction, primal and dual affine scaling, and path following algorithms. Also covered is the theory and solution of the linear complementarity problem using both the complementary pivot algorithm and interior point routines. A feature of the book is its early and extensive development, and use of duality theory. The book is aimed at students in the areas of mathematics, economics, engineering and management science, and professionals who need a sound foundation in the important and dynamic discipline of linear programming.
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This text contains primarily survey articles of actual industrial applications of numerical analysis with automatic result verification and of interval representation of data. Underlying topics include branch and bound algorithms for global optimization, constraint propagation, solution sets of linear systems, hardware and software systems for interval computations, and fuzzy logic. Actual applications described in the book include economic input-output models, quality control in manufacturing design, a computer-assisted proof in quantum mechanics, medical expert systems, and others. A realistic view of interval computations is taken: the articles indicate when and how overestimation and other challenges can be overcome. An introductory chapter explains the content of the papers in terminology accessible to mathematically literate graduate students.
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This work treats the integral economic models with embodied technological change and the controlled lifetime of technologies. Features of the book include: the theoretical basis and algorithmic tools for the analysis of industrial renovation under technical change; a variety of models and optimization problems with simulation examples of real economic systems; a qualitative study of optimal trajectories, including turnpike theorems, and their extended economic analysis; the development of the theory of the models in parallel with numerical algorithms and software.
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Interior Point Methods of Mathematical Programming
Inbunden, Engelska, 1996
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The text provides an overview of the research in interior point methods since the publication of N. Karmarkar's seminal paper in 1984. Leading international experts have contributed to the book with summaries of their relevant areas of specialization. Part I gives an overview of basic variants of interior point algorithms for linear programming. Duality-theory for LP and sensitivity analysis is developed. Results on the affine scale, path following, potential reduction, infeasible interior point methods and implementation strategies are discussed. Part II deals with nonlinear programming. Here necessary smoothness conditions are introduced and illustrated. Algorithms for general smooth convex problems, complementarity and semidefinite optimization problems are presented. The implementation of barrier methods for general nonlinear optimization problems is also considered. Part III covers some application areas such as combinatorial optimization, global optimization and VLSI design.
Interior Point Techniques in Optimization
Complementarity, Sensitivity and Algorithms
Inbunden, Engelska, 1997
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Operations research and mathematical programming would not be as advanced today without the many advances in interior point methods during the last decade. These methods can now solve very efficiently and robustly large scale linear, nonlinear and combinatorial optimization problems that arise in various practical applications. The main ideas underlying interior point methods have influenced virtually all areas of mathematical programming including: analyzing and solving linear and nonlinear programming problems, sensitivity analysis, complexity analysis, the analysis of Newton's method, decomposition methods, polynomial approximation for combinatorial problems etc. This book covers the implications of interior techniques for the entire field of mathematical programming, bringing together many results in a uniform and coherent way. For the topics mentioned above the book provides theoretical as well as computational results, explains the intuition behind the main ideas, gives examples as well as proofs, and contains an extensive up-to-date bibliography.
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During the last three decades, breakthroughs in computer technology have made an impact on optimization. In particular, parallel computing has made it possible to solve larger and computationally more difficult problems. The book covers recent developments in novel programming and algorithmic aspects of parallel computing as well as technical advances in parallel optimization. Each contribution is essentially expository in nature, but of scholarly treatment. In addition, each chapter includes a collection of problems. The first two chapters discuss theoretical models for parallel algorithm design and their complexity. The next chapter gives the perspective of the programmer practicing parallel algorithm development on real world platforms. Solving systems of linear equations efficiently is of importance not only because they arise in many scientific and engineering applications but also because algorithms for solving many optimization problems need to call system solvers and subroutines (chapters four and five). Chapters six to 13 are dedicated to optimization problems and methods.They include parallel algorithms for network problems, parallel branch and bound techniques, parallel heuristics for discrete and continuous problems, decomposition methods, parallel algorithms for variational inequality problems, parallel algorithms for stochastic programming, and neural networks.
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Thisvolume starts with the basicconceptsof FuzzyLogic: the membership function, the intersection and the union of fuzzy sets, fuzzy numbers, and the extension principle underlying the algorithmic operations. Several chapters are devoted to applications of FuzzyLogic in various branches of Operations Research: PERT planning with uncertain activity durations, SMART and the AHP for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) with vague preferential statements, ELECTRE usingthe ideasof the AHP and SMART, and Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO) with weighted degrees of satisfaction. Finally, earlierstudiesof colour perception illustrate the attemptsto find a physiological basisfor the set-theoretical and the algorithmic operations in Fuzzy Logic. The last chapter also discusses somekey issues in linguistic categorization and the prospectsof FuzzyLogicas a multi-disciplinary research activity.I am greatly indebted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, for the splendid opportunity to start the actual work on this book during my sabbatical leavefrom Delft (1993 - 1994); to LAMSADE, Universite de Paris-Dauphine, where many ideas emerged duringtwo winter visits (1989, 1990); to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, whereI got further inspiration duringa number of summer visits (1992, 1995, and 1996); and to the NISSAN Foundation in The Netherlands who enabled me to visit several Japanese universities (June 1996). Moreover, I gratefully acknowledge the stimulating supportgiven by many colleagues inthe International Society on Multi-Criteria Decision Making and in the European Working Group "Aide Multicritere Ii la Decision".
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This text includes variants of the ellipsoid method for convex and quasiconvex problems and applies them to very general convex and quasiconvex models in location theory. It starts by describing the adopted notation and provides basic details of convexity and convex optimization. The second part of the book generalizes the new algorithm to solve quasiconvex programs. Although the techniques required by the quasiconvex case are more complex, the text provides a clear and direct interpretation of the main theoretical results.
Computational Complexity and Feasibility of Data Processing and Interval Computations
Inbunden, Engelska, 1997
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The input data for data processing algorithms come from measurements and are therefore not precise. It is therefore necessary to estimate the accuracy of the results of data processing. Even for the simplest data processing algorithms, this problem is, however, intractable. This book describes for what classes of problems interval computations (i.e. data processing with automatic results verification) are feasible, and when they are intractable. This knowledge is important for algorithm developers, because it will enable them to concentrate on the classes of problems for which general algorithms are possible.
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This work deals fundamentally with two of the most important aspects of personnel management, namely selection and job mobility. These topics are treated using late-1990s techniques created from all-purpose logic for handling uncertainty. Personnel recruitment is covered from the angle of selection techniques for improved efficiency for the company and greater satisfaction and self-realization for the employee. When considering workplaces, the suitability of each person and their mobility are studied under the best economic conditions. An alternative type of mathematics is used within this subject-matter is used for the development of models and algorithms. Complex subjects such as uncertainty are explained pedagogically starting from a low level and, when necessary, recourse has been made to reminders of basic aspects to enable a wide readership to profit from this work. This volume should be of interest to those whose work involves personnel management, production operation and manufacturing management, labour economics, industrial organization, operations research and management sciences.
Del 12 - Applied Optimization
Multicriteria Decision Aid Methods for the Prediction of Business Failure
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
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This text explores the subject of business failure prediction, through the application of multicriteria analysis methods. The aim of the book is to provide a review of the research in the area and to explore the adequacy of these methods to one of the most complex problems in the area of financial management. In addition, it explores the applications of the methods so that it may become a useful tool for researchers and practitioners. The analysis of the modeling and the results in these applications provides the background for further employment of the methods.
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This text is dedicated to the memory of Steven Vajda, one of the pioneers of mathematical programming, who was born in Hungary. The 22 invited chapters written by 36 authors from 12 countries provide the reader with an insight into some advances in mathematical programming. The book is addressed to researchers and postgraduate students with an interest in the theoretical and algorithmic aspects of the field.
Advances in Nonlinear Programming
Proceedings of the 96 International Conference on Nonlinear Programming
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
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Containing some of the most recent results in nonlinear programming (in 1998), this text includes results on trust region algorithms, interior point methods, quasi-Newton methods, conjugate gradient methods, and methods for variational problems. The work should be useful as a reference source for researchers, engineers and graduate students.
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Optimal Control
Theory, Algorithms, and Applications
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
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This text presents some advances in optimal control, both in theory, algorithms, and applications. Theoretical developments include the analysis of feedback stability for the thermoelastic systems and extensions of the maximum principle. Algorithmic developments include new formulations of the augmented gradient projection method, and sequential quadratic programming methodologies. Application areas include aerospace design, operation of hydro power stations, and chemical engineering. The text should be of interest to: applied mathematicians; control theorists; engineers involved with aerospace design; chemical engineers; and hydraulic engineers.
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This text demonstrates industrial applications of combinatorial optimization. A range of applications is described including: manpower planning; production planning; job sequencing and scheduling; manufacturing layout design; facility Planning; vehicle scheduling and routing; retail seasonal planning, space shuttle scheduling, and telecommunication network design. A representative set of industry sectors is covered, including electronics, airlines, manufacturing, tobacco, retail, telecommunication, defense, and livestock. These examples illustrate the importance and practicality of optimization which is beginning to be realized by management of various organizations, as well as some of the pioneering developments in this field now beginning to bear fruit. Audience: Researchers and teachers in the fields of operations research/management, applied mathematics, management science, and system and industrial engineering; also managers, analysts, and system developers responsible for planning, scheduling, management, control, manpower deployment, distribution, procurement, and so forth.
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Mathematical Theory of Design: Foundations, Algorithms and Applications
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
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This text presents a unified framework for theory and practice, which is proven theoretically and by many cases from various engineering fields. There are four major aspects to the book. Firstly, it develops a formal systems approach to design (including theorems, analysis of principles of design and information theory). Secondly, methods for efficient design are rigorously derived from the theory, based on AI and optimization. Thirdly, the text covers many engineering disciplines under a unified framework, including mechanical, electrical, civil, industrial, manufacturing systems, and apparel industry. It also provides the methodology for developing the next generation computer software for advanced intelligent CAD (Computer Aided Design). Audience: The book is especially appropriate for courses in engineering (mechanical, industrial, electrical, and civil). It should be useful reference for practicing engineers interested in design and optimization, and for applied mathematicians and computer software developers engaged in smart CAD applications.
Optimal Flow Control in Manufacturing Systems
Production Planning and Scheduling
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
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This text presents a paradigm for modelling and solving production planning and scheduling problems in industry. Methodologically, this paradigm forms the basis for developing a sound scientific theory based on optimal control and the maximum principle. The book progresses from initial assumptions about a manufacturing environment, through mathematical models and construction of numerical methods, up to practical solutions. The case studies prove the relevance and efficiency of the theory to the real world. Software based on the developed methods is included. This is the only book which traces strong theoretical results of the scheduling theory into real case studies of large leading manufacturing systems.
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This book provides a new point of view on the subject of the management of uncertainty. It covers a wide variety of both theoretical and practical issues involving the analysis and management of uncertainty in the fields of finance, management and marketing. Audience: Researchers and professionals from operations research, management science and economics.
Operations Research in Transportation Systems
Ideas and Schemes of Optimization Methods for Strategic Planning and Operations Management
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
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This is a presentation of the basic ideas of optimization methods that are applicable to strategic planning and operations management, particularly in the field of transportation. The material of the book covers almost all parts of optimization, and the author describes the ideas behind the methods (with which the study of the methods usually starts) and facilitates further study of the methods using original scientific articles rather than just textbooks. The book is also designed to be a manual for those specialists who work in the field of management and who recognize optimization as a powerful tool for numerical analysis of the potential and of the competitiveness of enterprises. A special chapter contains the basic mathematical notation and concepts useful for understanding the book and covers all the necessary mathematical information.
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The objective of this volume is to discuss and explain the problems caused by the investment process in a world that is so full of change that it has become uncertain. For this reason the author presents a wide range of theoretical and technical elements gathered from the new mathematics of uncertainty, both in its numerical and non-numerical aspects. In this regard an important role is played by the theories of fuzzy sub-sets, forgotten effects, affinities, expertons and many others that are being introduced with such success, in an attempt to arrive at a solution to the complex problems of management and the economy. Researchers, consultants and students interested in the application of mathematics to economics, management and investment should find this text of interest.
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Reformulation: Nonsmooth, Piecewise Smooth, Semismooth and Smoothing Methods
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
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This volume is a collection of papers that cover such diverse areas as linear and non-linear complementarity problems, variational inequality problems, non-smooth equations and non-smooth optimization problems, economic and network equilibrium problems, semi-definite programming problems, maximal monotone operator problems, and mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints. It provides useful tools for advancing the study of mathematical programming from both theoretical and practical aspects. The book is intended for students and researchers in optimization, mathematical programming, and operations research.