Global Optimization (eBook)

Contents 7
Preface 9
Acknowledgments 22
Chapter 1 A GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY AND ITS USE IN SOLVENT DESIGN 23
Chapter 2 FEEDING STRATEGIES FOR MAXIMISING GROSS MARGIN IN PIG PRODUCTION 54
Chapter 3 OPTIMIZED DESIGN OF DYNAMIC NETWORKS WITH HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS 65
Chapter 4 A NEW SMOOTHING- BASED GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR PROTEIN CONFORMATION PROBLEMS 93
Chapter 5 PHYSICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION OF ATOMIC CLUSTERS 123
Chapter 6 EFFICIENT GLOBAL GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR CLUSTERS 160
Chapter 7 COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN DNA SEQUENCES: AN APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS. 187
Chapter 8 DETERMINATION OF A LASER CAVITY FIELD SOLUTION USING GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION 199
Chapter 9 COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE MOLECULAR DISTANCE GEOMETRY PROBLEM 231
Chapter 10 Non Linear Optimization Models in Water Resource Systems 244
Chapter 11 SOLVING THE PHASE UNWRAPPING PROBLEM BY A PARAMETRIZED NETWORK OPTIMIZATION APPROACH 260
Chapter 12 Evolutionary Algorithms for Global Optimization 284
Chapter 13 DETERMINING 3- D STRUCTURE OF SPHERICAL VIRUSES BY GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION 318
Chapter 14 A COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION METHODOLOGY FOR INVERSE POSITION PROBLEM 347
Chapter 15 IMPROVED LEARNING OF NEURAL NETS THROUGH GLOBAL SEARCH 377
Chapter 16 EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO DESIGN ASSEMBLY LINES 405
Chapter 17 AGROECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT 428
Chapter 18 FINDING THE MINIMAL ROOT OF AN EQUATION 455
Chapter 19 OPTIMIZATION OF RADIATION THERAPY DOSE DELIVERY WITH MULTIPLE STATIC COLLIMATION 475
Chapter 20 PARALLEL TRIANGULATED PARTITIONING FOR BLACK BOX OPTIMIZATION 500
Chapter 21 A CASE STUDY: COMPOSITE STRUCTURE DESIGN OPTIMIZATION 520
Chapter 22 Neural Network Enhanced Optimal Self- tuning Controller Design for Induction Motors 542