Optimization Theory, Methods, and Applications in Engineering

755 Pages·2012·31.02 MB·English

Mathematical
Problems in
Engineering
Theory, Methods, and Applications
Special Issue
Optimization Theory, Methods, and Applications in Engineering
Guest Editors: Jung-Fa Tsai, John Gunnar Carlsson, Dongdong Ge,
Yi-Chung Hu, and Jianming Shi
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Optimization Theory, Methods,
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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Optimization Theory, Methods,
and Applications in Engineering
Guest Editors: Jung-Fa Tsai, John Gunnar Carlsson,
Dongdong Ge, Yi-Chung Hu, and Jianming Shi
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KuiFuChen,China M.I.Herreros,Spain Chien-YuLu,Taiwan
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K.RamamaniRajagopal,USA SriSridharan,USA Xing-GangYan,UK
GianlucaRanzi,Australia RolfStenberg,Finland Suh-YuhYang,Taiwan
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HamidRonagh,Australia AlbertoTrevisani,Italy YingweiZhang,USA
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Contents
OptimizationTheory,Methods,andApplicationsinEngineering,Jung-FaTsai,
JohnGunnarCarlsson,DongdongGe,Yi-ChungHu,andJianmingShi
Volume2012,ArticleID759548,7pages
AStoneResourceAssignmentModelundertheFuzzyEnvironment,LimingYao,JiupingXu,
andFengGuo
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DynamicProgrammingandHeuristicforStochasticUncapacitatedLot-SizingProblemswith
IncrementalQuantityDiscount,YuliZhang,ShijiSong,ChengWu,andWenjunYin
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SparseSignalRecoveryviaECMEThresholdingPursuits,HepingSongandGuoliWang
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VariableNeighborhoodSearchforParallelMachinesSchedulingProblemwithStep
DeterioratingJobs,WenmingCheng,PengGuo,ZeqiangZhang,MingZeng,andJianLiang
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GlobalSufficientOptimalityConditionsforaSpecialCubicMinimizationProblem,
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ATwo-StageDEAtoAnalyzetheEffectofEntranceDeregulationonIranianInsurers:
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