Discrete Optimization: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications

Parallel Optimization: Theory, Algorithms and Applications

Discrete Event Optimization: Theory, Applications And Future Challenges

Optimization of discrete event systems is often time consuming and also requires specific approaches due to the fact that general methodologies cannot be successfully applied to any kind of system. Conventional approaches use simulation as a black-box oracle to estimate performance at design points generated by a separate optimization algorithm. This decoupled approach fails to exploit an impor...

The Theory and Applications of Discrete Constrained Optimization Using Lagrange

In this thesis, we present a new theory of discrete constrained optimization using Lagrange multipliers and an associated first-order search procedure (DLM) to solve general constrained optimization problems in discrete, continuous and mixed-integer space. The constrained problems are general in the sense that they do not assume the differentiability or convexity of functions. Our proposed theo...

Introduction to Nonlinear Optimization - Theory, Algorithms, and Applications with MATLAB

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Convex parametric piecewise quadratic optimization: Theory, Algorithms and Control Applications

In this paper we study the problem of parametric minimization of convex piecewise quadratic functions. Our study provides a unifying framework for convex parametric quadratic and linear programs. Furthermore, it extends parametric programming algorithms to problems with piecewise quadratic cost functions, paving the way for new applications of parametric programming in dynamic programming and o...