Description: From the reviews: ' The five volumes, plus an Index, of the "Encyclopedia of Optimization" are a major resource for anyone interested in optimization and its many applications ... these volumes will enable the user to quickly understand and make use of specific methods of optimization, and to apply them to applications of interest. ... The articles included in this "Encyclopedia" represent an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in optimization and its applications. ' Professor J.B. Rosen, Computer Science Dept., University of California at San Diego ' This is an extensively comprehensive piece of work that has been compiled by experts in a wide variety of areas throughout the world. ... this collection promises to be a valuable initial source of reference for many years to come. ' Professor Hanif D. Sherali, Thomas Rice Chaired Professor of Engineering, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ' Without any doubt the publishing of "Encyclopedia of Optimization" is an outstanding event of scientific life. Scientists can only thank and congratulate the Editors Prof. Floudas and Prof. Pardalos, Advisory Board and more than 400 contributors for perfect realization of this well-timed idea. .... It will be of interest to researchers, students and managers in a variety of disciplines where the study of optimization and its application is relevant: operations research and management science, economics and finance, control and modeling, logistics and many others. Even historians can find here biographies of selected outstanding researchers in the field of optimization and historical reviews in some articles. ... like a bridge to get to the heart of optimization and serving to disseminate ideas of optimization being an integral part of modern mathematics. ' Professor Naum Shor, Ukranian Academy of Sciences, Ukraine ' The "Encyclopedia of Optimization" covers practically all existing areas of optimization. It is essential that modern and recent results are presented by experts and the reader can get the information directly from the "horse's mouth". This is an essential advantage of the "Encyclopedia". .... it is a very successful publication which can be used by everybody who is involved in research and applications of optimization... it can be recommended for university libraries and industrial research institutes. ' Professor V.F. Demyanov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia ' The "Encyclopedia of Optimization" is a rich and comprehensive source of information on the many areas of its subject matter. It includes material on discrete, continuous, deterministic, and stochastic optimization problems, and it provides a convenient starting point for further research and exploration of the literature. This should be a very valuable reference work for researchers and practitioners of optimization alike. ' Prof. Dimitri P. Bertsekas, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, MIT ' I was really overwhelmed when I received this six volume "Encyclopedia of Optimization". ... covers many new fields of optimization in addition to complete discussions about standard topics by active researchers in each field. ... it should serve as an important reference for all who are involved in the field of optimization, which after more than half a century from its birth, is being applied to more and more difficult, important and practical problems. ' Professor

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