Progress in Optimization

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Global Optimization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Global Optimization Methods for Location and Distance Geometry Problems

      • Hoang Tuy

      Pages 3-20

   3. Branch and Cut Methods for Mixed Integer Linear Programming Problems

      • Louis Caccetta

      Pages 21-44

   4. Separability of Star-Shaped Sets with Respect to Infinity

      • A. M. Rubinov, A. P. Shveidel

      Pages 45-63

   5. Nonlinear Unconstrained Optimization Methods: A Review

      • A. M. Rubinov, X. Q. Yang, B. M. Glover

      Pages 65-77

   6. New Dual Formulations in Constrained Integer Programming

      • Xiaoling Sun, Duan Li

      Pages 79-91

   7. Simulated Annealing and Penalty Methods for Binary Multicommodity Flow Problems

      • X. Q. Yang, A. I. Mees, K. Campbell

      Pages 93-105

3. Nonsmooth Optimization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. A Quadratic Recourse Function for the Two-Stage Stochastic Program

      • John R. Birge, Stephen M. Pollock, Liqun Qi

      Pages 109-121

   3. Lagrange Multipliers for Nonconvex Optimization

      • B. D. Craven

      Pages 123-128

   4. Class—Inclusion Properties for Convex Functions

      • Andrew Eberhard, Charles E. M. Pearce

      Pages 129-133

   5. On Generic Locally Convex Vector Functions

      • V. Gershkovich, B. D. Craven, D. Ralph

      Pages 135-152

   6. Essential Components and Connectedness of Solution Set for Complementarity Problems

      • George Isac, George X. Z. Yuan

      Pages 153-165

   7. On Relations between Vector Variational Inequality and Vector Optimization Problem

      • Gue Myung Lee

      Pages 167-179

4. Optimization Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Parameter Estimation in Dynamic Systems

      • Klaus Schittkowski

      Pages 183-204

   3. Methods of Feasible Directions: A Review

      • Xibin Chen, Michael M. Kostreva

      Pages 205-219

   4. Computational Method for a Class of Optimal Switching Control Problems

      • Y. Liu, K. L. Teo

      Pages 221-237

   5. Optimization by Way of the Trajectory Following Method

      • Thomas L. Vincent

      Pages 239-254

'Optimization Day' (OD) has been a series of annual mini-conferences in Aus­ tralia since 1994. The purpose of this series of events is to gather researchers in optimization and its related areas from Australia and their collaborators, in order to exchange new developments of optimization theories, methods and their applications. The first four OD mini-conferences were held in The Uni­ versity of Ballarat (1994), The University of New South Wales (1995), The University of Melbourne (1996) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1997), respectively. They were all on the eastern coast of Australia. The fifth mini-conference Optimization Days was held at the Centre for Ap­ plied Dynamics and Optimization (CADO), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Western Australia, Perth, from 29 to 30 June 1998. This is the first time the OD mini-conference has been held at the west­ ern coast of Australia. This fifth OD preceded the International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA) held at Curtin Uni­ versity of Technology. Many participants attended both events. There were 28 participants in this year's mini-conference and 22 presentations in the mini­ conference. The presentations in this volume are refereed contributions based on papers presented at the fifth Optimization Days mini-conference. The volume is di­ vided into the following parts: Global Optimization, Nonsmooth Optimization, Optimization Methods and Applications.

• complementarity
• dynamics
• global optimization
• Lagrange
• linear optimization
• Mathematica
• mathematics
• optimal control
• optimization
• Optimization Methods
• Parameter
• statistics
• vector optimization

• Department of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

  Xiaoqi Yang

• The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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