Dynamics of Information Systems Theory and Applications

"Dynamics of Information Systems" presents state-of-the-art research explaining the importance of information in the evolution of a distributed or networked system. This book presents techniques for measuring the value or significance of information withi

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Springer Optimization and Its Applications VOLUME 40 Managing Editor Panos M. Pardalos (University of Florida) Editor–Combinatorial Optimization Ding-Zhu Du (University of Texas at Dallas) Advisory Board J. Birge (University of Chicago) C.A. Floudas (Princeton University) F. Giannessi (University of Pisa) H.D. Sherali (Virginia Polytechnic and State University) T. Terlaky (McMaster University) Y. Ye (Stanford University)

Aims and Scope Optimization has been expanding in all directions at an astonishing rate during the last few decades. New algorithmic and theoretical techniques have been developed, the diffusion into other disciplines has proceeded at a rapid pace, and our knowledge of all aspects of the field has grown even more profound. At the same time, one of the most striking trends in optimization is the constantly increasing emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of the field. Optimization has been a basic tool in all areas of applied mathematics, engineering, medicine, economics and other sciences. The series Springer Optimization and Its Applications publishes undergraduate and graduate textbooks, monographs and state-of-the-art expository works that focus on algorithms for solving optimization problems and also study applications involving such problems. Some of the topics covered include nonlinear optimization (convex and nonconvex), network flow problems, stochastic optimization, optimal control, discrete optimization, multi-objective programming, description of software packages, approximation techniques and heuristic approaches.

DYNAMICS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS Theory and Applications Edited By MICHAEL J. HIRSCH Raytheon, Inc. Orlando, Florida, USA PANOS M. PARDALOS University of Florida Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Gainesville, Florida, USA ROBERT MURPHEY Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate Eglin AFB, Florida, USA

Editors Michael J. Hirsch Raytheon, Inc. 3323 Pelham Road Orlando, Florida, 32803 USA [email protected]

Robert Murphey Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate 101 W. Eglin Boulevard Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542 USA [email protected]

Panos M. Pardalos University of Florida Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering 303 Weil Hall Gainesville, Florida, 32611-6595 USA [email protected]

ISSN 1931-6828 ISBN 978-1-4419-5688-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-5689-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-5689-7 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010925362 Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): 37D40, 65Kxx, 68U35, 68Txx © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or here