COCOS’02, A Workshop on Global Constrained Optimization and Constraint Satisfaction, Held October 2–4, 2002, Sophia–Antipolis

“This workshop focuses on complete solving techniques for continuous constraint satisfaction and optimization problems that provide all solutions with full rigor. Less rigorous solution techniques are not excluded, since they may be part of complete relevant techniques. Complete solution techniques guarantee that all the constraints – e.g. security or tolerance criteria – are satisfied and the global optima identified.” The conference was part of the “COCONUT” (COntinuous CONstraints – Updating the Technology) project, funded by the European Union,