Convexification and Global Optimization in Continuous and Mixed-integer Nonlinear Programming

Tawarmalani, Mohit; Sahinidis, Nikolaos V.

ISBN 10: 1402010311 / ISBN 13: 9781402010316

Editore: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002

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Provides a treatment of convexification and global optimization of continuous and mixed-integer nonlinear programs. Series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications. Num Pages: 503 pages, 89 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBU; PBW; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885. . 2002. Hardback. . . . .

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• Titolo: Convexification and Global Optimization in Continuous and Mixed-integer Nonlinear Programming
• Editore: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1402010311
• ISBN 13: 9781402010316
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Interest in constrained optimization originated with the simple linear pro­ gramming model since it was practical and perhaps the only computationally tractable model at the time. Constrained linear optimization models were soon adopted in numerous application areas and are perhaps the most widely used mathematical models in operations research and management science at the time of this writing. Modelers have, however, found the assumption of linearity to be overly restrictive in expressing the real-world phenomena and problems in economics, finance, business, communication, engineering design, computational biology, and other areas that frequently demand the use of nonlinear expressions and discrete variables in optimization models. Both of these extensions of the linear programming model are NP-hard, thus representing very challenging problems. On the brighter side, recent advances in algorithmic and computing technology make it possible to re­ visit these problems with the hope of solving practically relevant problems in reasonable amounts of computational time. Initial attempts at solving nonlinear programs concentrated on the de­ velopment of local optimization methods guaranteeing globality under the assumption of convexity. On the other hand, the integer programming liter­ ature has concentrated on the development of methods that ensure global optima. The aim of this book is to marry the advancements in solving nonlinear and integer programming models and to develop new results in the more general framework of mixed-integer nonlinear programs (MINLPs) with the goal of devising practically efficient global optimization algorithms for MINLPs.

Contenuti

Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Figures. List of Tables. 1. Introduction. 2. Convex Extensions. 3. Project Disaggregation. 4. Relaxations of Factorable Programs. 5. Domain Reduction. 6. Node Partitioning. 7. Implementation. 8. Refrigerant Design Problem. 9. The Pooling Problem. 10. Miscellaneous Problems. 11. GAMS/BARON: A Tutorial. A: GAMS Model for Pooling Problems. Bibliography. Index. Author Index.