{"product_id":"9783540562290","title":"Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eVidal, Rene V.V.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn February 1992, I defended my doctoral thesis: Engineering Optimiza­ tion - selected contributions (IMSOR, The Technical University of Den­ mark, 1992, p. 92). This dissertation presents retrospectively my central contributions to the theoretical and applied aspects of optimization. When I had finished my thesis I became interested in editing a volume related to a new expanding area of applied optimization. I considered several approaches: simulated annealing, tabu search, genetic algorithms, neural networks, heuristics, expert systems, generalized multipliers, etc. Finally, I decided to edit a volume related to simulated annealing. My main three reasons for this choice were the following: (i) During the last four years my colleagues at IMSOR and I have car­ ried out several applied projects where simulated annealing was an essential. element in the problem-solving process. Most of the avail­ able reports and papers have been written in Danish. After a short review I was convinced that most of these works deserved to be pub­ lished for a wider audience. (ii) After the first reported applications of simulated annealing (1983- 1985), a tremendous amount of theoretical and applied work have been published within many different disciplines. Thus, I believe that simulated annealing is an approach that deserves to be in the curricula of, e.g. Engineering, Physics, Operations Research, Math­ ematical Programming, Economics, System Sciences, etc. (iii) A contact to an international network of well-known researchers showed that several individuals were willing to contribute to such a volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1993-02-10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783540562290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-642-46787-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 244cm x170cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 358\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44398516928652,"sku":"9783540562290","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783540562290.jpg?v=1774028652","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783540562290","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}