03669nam 22005655 450 991025429460332120250523221720.03-319-68913-410.1007/978-3-319-68913-5(CKB)4100000001381586(DE-He213)978-3-319-68913-5(MiAaPQ)EBC6310666(MiAaPQ)EBC5590869(Au-PeEL)EBL5590869(OCoLC)1014337194(PPN)222228253(EXLCZ)99410000000138158620171202d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDerivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization /by Charles Audet, Warren Hare1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (XVIII, 302 p. 38 illus.) Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering,2197-17733-319-68912-6 Part I: Introduction and Background Material -- Introduction: Tools and Challenges -- Mathematical Background -- The Beginnings of DFO Algorithms -- Part I: Some Remarks on DFO -- Part II: Popular Heuristic Methods -- Genetic Algorithms -- Nelder-Mead -- Part II: Further Remarks on Heuristics -- Part III: Direct Search Methods -- Positive bases and Nonsmooth Optimization -- Generalized Pattern Search -- Mesh Adaptive Direct Search -- Part III: Further Remarks on Direct Search Methods -- Part IV: Model-based Methods -- Model-based Descent -- Model-based Trust Region -- Part IV: Further Remarks on Model-based Methods -- Part V: Extensions and Refinements -- Variables and Constraints -- Optimization Using Surrogates and Models -- Biobjective Optimization -- Part V: Final Remarks on DFO/BBO -- Part VI: Appendix: Comparing Optimization Methods -- Solutions to Selected Exercises.This book is designed as a textbook, suitable for self-learning or for teaching an upper-year university course on derivative-free and blackbox optimization. The book is split into 5 parts and is designed to be modular; any individual part depends only on the material in Part I. Part I of the book discusses what is meant by Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization, provides background material, and early basics while Part II focuses on heuristic methods (Genetic Algorithms and Nelder-Mead). Part III presents direct search methods (Generalized Pattern Search and Mesh Adaptive Direct Search) and Part IV focuses on model-based methods (Simplex Gradient and Trust Region). Part V discusses dealing with constraints, using surrogates, and bi-objective optimization. End of chapter exercises are included throughout as well as 15 end of chapter projects and over 40 figures. Benchmarking techniques are also presented in the appendix.Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering,2197-1773Mathematical optimizationNumerical analysisOptimizationNumerical AnalysisMathematical optimization.Numerical analysis.Optimization.Numerical Analysis.519.3Audet Charlesauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut767618Hare Warrenauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910254294603321Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization1984160UNINA03388nam 22006375 450 991038384540332120250628110033.09783030387709303038770410.1007/978-3-030-38770-9(CKB)5300000000003592(MiAaPQ)EBC6135373(DE-He213)978-3-030-38770-9(Au-PeEL)EBL6135373(OCoLC)1147973980(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37933(PPN)243228996(MiAaPQ)EBC29238138(ODN)ODN0010074234(oapen)doab37933(EXLCZ)99530000000000359220200306d2020 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTrade Union Cooperation in Europe Patterns, Conditions, Issues /by Bengt Furåker, Bengt Larsson1st ed. 2020.2020Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,2020.1 online resource (XIV, 157 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.) 9783030387693 3030387690 1. Why and How to Study Trade Union Cooperation in Europe? -- 2. Patterns of transnational trade union cooperation in Europe -- 3. The European Trade Union Movement and the Issue of Statutory Minimum Wages -- 4. Revision of the EU Posting of Workers Directive, Social Dumping and Trade Unions' Position -- 5. Concluding Discussion.This open access book discusses transnational trade union cooperation in Europe - its forms, focuses, conditions, and obstacles. It provides an overview of existing trade union cooperation and includes detailed analyses of two specific questions: the debates on statutory minimum wages and the Posting of Workers Directive. Drawing on empirical research, the authors take a comparative approach, considering national industrial relations regimes as well as individual sectors. With the ongoing processes of integration in Europe, it has become increasingly important for unions to cooperate with regard to employers and EU institutions. The authors illustrate the interconnections between national and European industrial relations, and explore the process of European integration in labour markets. Illustrating the potential for and difficulties involved in deepening trade union cooperation across Europe, this work is a vital read for trade unionists, researchers and students interested in European trade unionism and labour markets.Personnel managementIndustrial sociologyHuman Resource ManagementSociology of WorkPersonnel management.Industrial sociology.Human Resource Management.Sociology of Work.658.3331.88094BUS030000SOC026000bisacshFuråker Bengtauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut904518Larsson Bengtauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910383845403321Trade Union Cooperation in Europe2022473UNINA