Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications Selected Contributions from the MOPTA 2012 Conference /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zuluaga, Luis F. (Editor), Terlaky, Tamás (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 62
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mathematical models.; Mathematical optimization.; Continuous Optimization.; Discrete Optimization.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Applications of Mathematics.

This volume contains a selection of contributions that were presented at the Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications Conference (MOPTA) held at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA on July 30-August 1, 2012. The conference brought together a diverse group of researchers and p...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. M. F. Anjos, Recent Progress in Modeling Unit Commitment Problems
• 2. M. A. Lejeune, Portfolio Optimization with Combinatorial and Downside Return Constraints
• 3. R. R. Regis, An Initialization Strategy for High-Dimensional Surrogate-Based Expensive Black Box Optimization
• 4. H. Y. Benson; U. Saglam, Smoothing and Regularization for Mixed-Integer Second-Order Cone Programming with Application in Portfolio Optimization
• 5. T. Terlaky; D. Li, The Duality between the Perceptron Algorithm and the von Neumann Algorithm.