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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438060203321

Titolo

Handbook of Optimization [[electronic resource] ] : From Classical to Modern Approach / / edited by Ivan Zelinka, Vaclav Snasael, Ajith Abraham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-64056-2

3-642-30504-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1087 p.)

Collana

Intelligent Systems Reference Library, , 1868-4394 ; ; 38

Disciplina

006.3

519.6

Soggetti

Computational intelligence

Artificial intelligence

Operations research

Decision making

Computational Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Operations Research/Decision Theory

Handbooks and manuals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Classical methods - theory -- Classical methods - Applications -- Heuristics - Theory -- Heuristics - Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

Optimization problems were and still are the focus of mathematics from antiquity to the present. Since the beginning of our civilization, the human race has had to confront numerous technological challenges, such as finding the optimal solution of various problems including control technologies, power sources construction, applications in economy, mechanical engineering and energy distribution amongst others. These examples encompass both ancient as well as modern technologies like the first electrical energy distribution network in USA etc. Some of the key principles formulated in the middle ages were done by Johannes Kepler (Problem of the wine



barrels), Johan Bernoulli (brachystochrone problem), Leonhard Euler (Calculus of Variations), Lagrange (Principle multipliers), that were formulated primarily in the ancient world and are of a geometric nature. In the beginning of the modern era, works of L.V. Kantorovich and G.B. Dantzig (so-called linear programming) can be considered amongst others. This book discusses a wide spectrum of optimization methods from classical to modern, alike heuristics. Novel as well as classical techniques is also discussed in this book, including its mutual intersection. Together with many interesting chapters, a reader will also encounter various methods used for proposed optimization approaches, such as game theory and evolutionary algorithms or modelling of evolutionary algorithm dynamics like complex networks.  .