Global Optimization

A Global Optimization Strategy and Its Use in Solvent Design.- Feeding Strategies for Maximising Gross Margin in Pig Production.- Optimized Design of Dynamic Networks with Heuristic Algorithms.- A New Smoothing-Based Global Optimization Algorithm for Protein Conformation Problems.- Physical Perspectives on the Global Optimization of Atomic Clusters.- Efficient Global Geometry Optimization of Atomic and Molecular Clusters.- Computational Analysis of Human DNA Sequences: An Application of Artificial Neural Networks.- Determination of a Laser Cavity Field Solution Using Global Optimization.- Computational Experience with the Molecular Distance Geometry Problem.- Non Linear Optimization Models in Water Resource Systems.- Solving the Phase Unwrapping Problem by a Parametrized Network Optimization Approach.- Evolutionary Algorithms for Global Optimization.- Determining 3-D Structure of Spherical Viruses by Global Optimization.- A Collaborative Solution Methodology for Inverse Position Problem.- Improved Learning of Neural Nets Through Global Search.- Evolutionary Approach to Design Assembly Lines.- Agroecosystem Management.- Finding the Minimal Root of an Equation.- Optimization of Radiation Therapy Dose Delivery with Multiple Static Collimation.- Parallel Triangulated Partitioning for Black Box Optimization.- A Case Study: Composite Structure Design Optimization.- Neural Network Enhanced Optimal Self-tuning Controller Design for Induction Motors.

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"The general subject of global optimization deals with finding the overall minimum of a nonlinear, non-convex objective function, subject to nonlinear, non-convex equality and inequality constraints ... . This collection should thus be of use to researchers in algorithms and theory of global optimization, especially those involved in consulting or on teams dealing with practical models. ... The collection should also be of use to researchers in particular applications and other consumers of optimization results ... ." (Ralph Baker Kearfott, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 38, 2007)