From pardalos@cao.ise.ufl.edu Wed Oct 24 23:16:11 2001 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:52:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Dr Panos Pardalos It will be nice to have also a link to the books of the series Nonconvex Optimization and its applications: http://www.wkap.nl/series.htm/NOIA Well, they are too expensive for a site that collects mainly free information. I don't like Kluwer's price policy. Arnold ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Panos Pardalos Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:23:10 -0500 (EST) Subject: New Book, Introduction to Global Optimization Introduction to Global Optimization (Second Edition) by Reiner Horst, Panos M. Pardalos, and Nguyen Van Thoai NONCONVEX OPTIMIZATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS 48 Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-6574-7, October 2000, 368 pp. NLG 300.00 / USD 147.00 / GBP 94.00 Paperback, ISBN 0-7923-6756-1, November 2000, 368 pp. NLG 120.00 / USD 59.00 / GBP 38.00 Most of the existing books on optimization focus on the problem of computing locally optimal solutions. Global optimization is concerned with the computation and characterization of global optima of nonlinear functions. Global optimization problems are widespread in the mathematical modeling of real world systems for a very broad range of applications. During the past three decades many new theoretical, algorithmic, and computational contributions have helped to solve globally multi-extreme problems arising from important practical applications. Introduction to Global Optimization is the first comprehensive textbook that covers the fundamentals in global optimization. The second edition includes algorithms, applications, and complexity results for quadratic programming, concave minimization, DC and Lipshitz problems, decomposition algorithms for nonconvex optimization, and nonlinear network flow problems. Each chapter contains illustrative examples and ends with carefully selected exercises, which are designed to help the student to get a grasp of the material and enhance their knowledge of global optimization methods. Audience: This textbook is addressed not only to students of mathematical programming, but to all scientists in various disciplines who need global optimization methods to model and solve problems. For information on the book see: http://www.wkap.nl/series.htm/NOIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Global Optimization Methods in Geophysical Inversion

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 95 10:17:34 EST From: "Dr. Panos Pardalos" To: neum@cma.univie.ac.at Subject: dimacs books Quadratic assignment and related problems, Panos M. Pardalos, Henry Wolkowicz, editors, DIMACS series in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, v. 16 [Providence, R.I.] : American Mathematical Society, 1994. Parallel processing of discrete optimization problems, Panos M. Pardalos, Mauricio G.C Resende, K.G. Ramakrishnan, editors, DIMACS series in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, v. 22 [Providence, RI] : American Mathematical Society, 1995. Global minimization of nonconvex energy functions: molecular conformation and protein folding, P.M. Pardalos, D. Shalloway, G. Xue, editors, DIMACS series in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, v. 23 [Providence, RI] : American Mathematical Society, 1995. For orders with remittances: American Mathematical Society PO Box 5904, Boston, MA 02206-5904; (401) 455-4000 cust-serv@ams.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Date: Tue, 22 Oct 96 21:47:03 EDT To: neum@cma.univie.ac.at Subject: books Nonconvex Optimization and its Applications Kluwer Academic Publishers Series Editors: P.M. Pardalos & R. Horst ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Advances in Optimization and Approximation/ edited by D.-Z. Du and J. Sun Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; vol. 1 Publication Info: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994. ISBN: 0-7923-2785-3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Handbook of Global Optimization / edited by Reiner Horst and Panos M. Pardalos. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; vol. 2 Publication Info: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. ISBN: 0-7923-3120-6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Introduction to global optimization / by Reiner Horst, Panos M. Pardalos, and Nguyen V. Thoai. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 3 Publication Info: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. ISBN: 0-7923-3556-2 (also in paperback edition) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Minimax and applications / edited by Ding-Zhu Du and Panos M. Pardalos. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 4 Publication Info: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. ISBN: 0-7923-3615-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Advances in multicriteria analysis / edited by Panos M. Pardalos, Yannis Siskos, Constantin Zopounidis. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 5 Publication Info: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. ISBN: 0-7923-3671-2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Pinter, J. Title: Global optimization in action : continuous and Lipschitz optimization--algorithms, implementations, and applications / by Janos D. Pinter. Publication Info: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1996. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: State of the art in global optimization : computational methods and applications / [edited by] C.A. Floudas and P.M. Pardalos. Publication Info: Boston, MA : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 7 Notes: "Papers presented at the conference on 'State of the Art in Global Optimization: Computational Methods and Applications' held at Princeton University, April 28-30 664 pp. Hardbound ISBN: 0-7923-3838-3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Stochastic decomposition : a statistical method for large scale stochastic linear programming / by Julia L. Higle and Suvrajeet Sen. Publication Info: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer, c1996. Phys. Description: xxiii, 220 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Global Optimization in Engineering Design edited by Ignacio E. Grossmann Publication Info: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer, c1996. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 9 ISBN: 0-7923-3881-2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Quasidifferentiability and nonsmooth modelling in mechanics, engineering, and economics / by Vladimir F. Dem'yanov ... [et al.]. Publication Info: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c1996. Phys. Description: xvii, 348 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 10 Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Engineering--Mathematical models. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Mathematical classification and clustering / by Boris Mirkin. Publication Info: Boston, Mass. : Kluwer Academic Pub., 1996. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Multicriteria methodology for decision aiding / by Bernard Roy ; translator, Mark R. McCord. Publication Info: Boston, MA : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1996. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Rigorous global search : continuous problems / by R. Baker Kearfott. Publication Info: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. Series Name: Nonconvex optimization and its applications ; v. 13 Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To order books, you can: E-mail kluwer@world.std.com. Fax Kluwer at 617-871-6528. Phone Kluwer at 617-871-6600.