Optimization, Simulation, and Control

Preface.-On the Composition of Convex Envelopes for Quadrilinear Terms (P. Belotti, S. Cafieri, J. Lee, L. Liberti, A. Miller).-An Oriented Distance Function Application to Gap Functions for Vector Variational Inequalities (L. Altangerel, G. Wanka).-Optimal Inscribing of Two Balls into Polyhedral Set (R. Enkhbat, B. Barsbold).-Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints: A Brief Survey of Methods and optimality conditions (I. Tseveendorj).-Linear programming with interval data: a Two-Level Programming Approach (C. Kao, S. Liu).-Quantifying Retardation in Simulation Based Optimization (A. Griewank, A. Hamdi, E. Ozkaya).-Evolutionary Algorithm for Generalized Nash Equilibrium Problems (M. Majig, R. Enkhbat, M. Fukushima).-8. Scalar and Vector Optimization with Composed Objective Functions and Constraints (N. Lorenze, G. Wanka).-9. A PTAS for Weak Minimum Routing Cost Connected Dominating Set of Unit Disk Graph (Q. Liu, Z. Zhang, Y. Hong, W. Wu, D. Du).-10. Power Control in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks: Stability and Convergence Under Uncertainties (T. Charalambous).-The Changing Role of Optimization in Urban Planning (J. Keirstead, N. Shah).-Parametric Optimization Approach to the Solow Growth Theory (R. Enkhbat, D. Bayanjargal ).-Cyclical Fluctuations in Continuous Time Dynamic Optimization Models: Survey of General Theory and an Application to Dynamic Limit Pricing (T. Asada).-Controlling Of Processes By Optimized Expert Systems (W. Lippe).-Using Homotopy Method to Solve Bang-bang Optimal Control Problems (Z. Gao, H. Baoyin).-A Collection of Test Multiextremal Optimal Control Problems (A. Gornov, T. Zarodnyuk, T. Madzhara, A. Daneeva, I. Veyalko).-A Multimethod Technique for Solving Optimal Control Problem (A. Tyatyushkin).-Algorithm for Solving Nonconvex Optimal Control Problems (A. Gornov, T. Zarodnyuk).-SolvingLinear Systems with Polynomial Parameter Dependency with Application to the Verified Solution of Problems in Structural Mechanics (J. Garloff, E.

Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London and Director of its Centre for Process Systems Engineering (PSE). He graduated in Chemical Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and was awarded a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He has authored/ co-authored over 200 publications, holds editorial positions on several editorial boards and has been involved in over 50 major research projects and contracts. Prof. Pistikopoulos is co-founder and Director of two successful spin-off companies stemming from his research at Imperial, Process Systems Enterprise (PSE) Limited and Parametric Optimization Solutions (PAROS) Limited and consults widely to numerous process industry companies.

From the book reviews:

"This edited volume has 21 invited contributions illustrating recent developments in the application of optimization technologies to control. ... This book would serve as a valuable library reference for researchers interested in the current topics in optimization and control." (IEEE Control Systems Magazine, October, 2013)