Researchers and practitioners in computer science, optimization, operations research and mathematics will find this book useful as it illustrates optimization models and solution methods in discrete, non-differentiable, stochastic, and nonlinear optimization. Contributions from experts in optimization are showcased in this book showcase a broad range of applications and topics detailed in this volume, including pattern and image recognition, computer vision, robust network design, and proc...

For students in industrial and systems engineering (ISE) and operations research (OR) to understand optimization at an advanced level, they must first grasp the analysis of algorithms, computational complexity, and other concepts and modern developments in numerical methods. Satisfying this prerequisite, Numerical Methods and Optimization: An Intro

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, AAIM 2018, held in Dallas, Texas, USA, in December 2018.The 25 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected. The papers deal with current trends of research on algorithms, data structures, operation research, combinatorial optimization and their applications.