Developments in Global Optimization

NOP — A Compact Input Format for Nonlinear Optimization Problems.- GLOPT — A Program for Constrained Global Optimization.- Global Optimization for Imprecise Problems.- New Results on Gap-Treating Techniques in Extended Interval Newton Gauss-Seidel Steps for Global Optimization.- Quadratic Programming with Box Constraints.- Evolutionary Approach to the Maximum Clique Problem: Empirical Evidence on a Larger Scale.- Interval and Bounding Hessians.- On Global Search for Non-Convex Optimal Control Problems.- A Multistart Linkage Algorithm Using First Derivatives.- Convergence Speed of an Integral Method for Computing the Essential Supremum.- Complexity Analysis Integrating Pure Adaptive Search (PAS) and Pure Random Search (PRS).- LGO — A Program System for Continuous and Lipschitz Global Optimization.- A Method Using Local Tuning for Minimizing Functions with Lipschitz Derivatives.- Molecular Structure Prediction by Global Optimization.- Optimal Renewal Policy for Slowly Degrading Systems.- Numerical Prediction of Crystal Structures by Simulated Annealing.- Multidimensional Optimization in Image Reconstruction from Projections.- Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search for a Location Problem with Economies of Scale.- An Algorithm for Improving the Bounding Procedure in Solving Process Network Synthesis by a B&B Method.