Recent Advances in Computational Optimization

Fast Output-Sensitive Approach for Minimum Convex Hulls Formation.- Local Search Algorithms for Portfolio Selection: Search Space and Correlation Analysis.- Optimization of Fuel Consumption in Firefighting Water Capsule Flights of a Helicopter.- Practical Application of OFN arithmetics in a Crisis Control Center Monitoring.- Forecasting Indoor Temperature Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps with Structure Optimization Genetic Algorithm.- Correlation Clustering by Contraction, a More Effective Method.- Synthesis of Power Aware Adaptive Embedded Software Using Developmental Genetic Programming.- Flow Design and Evaluation in Photonic Data Transport Network.- Introducing the Environment in Ant Colony Optimization.- Fast Preconditioned Solver for Truncated Saddle Point Problem in Nonsmooth Cahn-Hilliard Model.- The Constraints Aggregation Technique for Control of Ethanol Production.- InterCriteria Analysis by Pairs and Triples of Genetic Algorithms Application for Models Identification.- GeneticAlgorithms for Constrained Tree Problems.- InterCriteria Analysis of Genetic Algorithms Performance.- Exploring Sparse Covariance Estimation Techniques in Evolution Strategies.- Parallel Metaheuristics for Robust Graph Coloring Problem.

"I would recommend this book both to practitioners interested in solving real-life optimization problems and to mathematicians and computer scientists developing and/or improving optimization algorithms. The plethora of application examples will help readers better understand the breadth of possible applications, teach them a few tricks that they will be able to use, and, by emphasizing remaining challenges, encourage future research." (V. Kreinovich, Computing Reviews, November, 2016)