Optimization and Optimal Control Theory and Applications

Optimization and optimal control are the main tools in decision making. Because of their numerous applications in various disciplines, research in these areas is accelerating at a rapid pace. “Optimization and Optimal Control: Theory and Applications” bri

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Altannar Chinchuluun · Panos M. Pardalos Rentsen Enkhbat · Ider Tseveendorj (Eds.)

Optimization and Optimal Control Theory and Applications

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OPTIMIZATION AND OPTIMAL CONTROL

Springer Optimization and Its Applications VOLUME 39 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, multiobjective programming, description of software packages, approximation techniques and heuristic approaches.

OPTIMIZATION AND OPTIMAL CONTROL Theory and Applications Edited By ALTANNAR CHINCHULUUN Centre for Process and Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK PANOS M. PARDALOS Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA RENTSEN ENKHBAT School of Economic Studies, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia IDER TSEVEENDORJ Computer Science Department, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles, France

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Editors Altannar Chinchuluun Centre for Process Systems Engineering Imperial College London South Kensington Campus London SW7 2AZ, UK [email protected] Rentsen Enkhbat School of Economic Studies National University of Mongolia Baga Toiruu 4 Sukhbaatar District Mongolia [email protected]

Panos M. Pardalos Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Florida Weil Hall 303 32611-6595 Gainesville Florida USA pardalos@ufl.edu Ider Tseveendorj Université Versailles Labo. PRISM av. des Etats-Unis 45 78035 Versailles CX France [email protected]

ISSN 1931-6828 ISBN 978-0-387-89495-9 e-ISBN 978-0-387-89496-6 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-89496-6 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010927368 c S