Optimization and Operations Research: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Oberwolfach, July 27-August 2, 1975

In: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Operations Research 117

In: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 117

Abstract

Reduction and Decomposition of Modulo Optimization Problems -- Optimization of Elastic Structures by Mathematical Programming Techniques -- On Closed Sets Having a Least Element -- On the Convergence of the Variable Metric Method with Numerical Derivatives and the Effect of Noise in the Function Evaluation -- Parallel Path Strategy. Theory and Numerical Illustrations -- On Minimization under Linear Equality Constraints -- On Constrained Shortest-Route Problems -- Bang-Bang Solution of a Control Problem for the Heat Equation -- Generalized Stirling-Newton Methods -- On a Method for Computing Pseudoinverses -- Charakterisierung lokaler Pareto-Optima -- On the Exact Evaluation of Finite Activity Networks with Stochastic Durations of Activities -- Approximation of a Parabolic Boundary Control Problem by the Line Method -- Regularisation of Optimization Problems and Operator Equations -- Some Extensions of Linearly Constrained Nonlinear Programming -- Boundary Control of the Higher-Dimensional Wave Equation -- Nondifferentiable Optimisation. Subgradient and ? — Subgradient Methods -- Approximations to Stochastic Optimization Problems -- Models in Resource Allocation — Trees of Queues -- Dual Methods in Convex Control Problems -- A Subgradient Algorithm for Solving K-convex Inequalities -- Computation of Bang-Bang-Controls and Lower Bounds for a Parabolic Boundary-Value Control Problem -- Numerical Solution of Systems of Nonlinear Inequalities -- Lower Bounds and Inclusion Balls for the Solution of Locally Uniformly Convex Optimization Problems -- Über Vektormaximierung und Analyse der Gewichtung von Subzielen -- Preference Optimality -- Decomposition Procedures for Convex Programs.