Recent Advances in Global Optimization

Preface A New Complexity Result on Minimization of a Quadratic Function with a Sphere Constraint Hamiltonian Cycles, Quadratic Programming, and Ranking of Extreme Points Performance of Local Search in Minimum Concave-Cost Network Flow Problems Solution of the Concave Linear Complementary Problem Global Solvability of Generalized Linear Complementarity Problems and a Related Class of Polynomial Complementarity Problems A Continuous Approach to Compute Upper Bounds in Quadratic Maximization Problems with Integer Constraints A Class of Global Optimization Problems Solvable by Sequential Unconstrained Convex Minimization A New Cutting Plane Algorithm for a Class of Reverse Convex 0-1 Integer Programs Global Optimization of Problems with Polynomial Functions in One Variable One Dimensional Global Optimization Using Linear Lower Bounds Optimizing the Sum of Linear Fractional Functions Minimizing and Maximizing the Product of Linear Fractional Functions Numerical Methods for Global Optimization Integral Global Optimization of Constrained Problems in Functional Spaces with Discontinuous Penalty Functions Rigorous Methods for Global Optimization Global Optimization of Composite Laminates Using Improving Hit and Run Stochastic Minimization of Lipschitz Functions Topographical Global Optimization Lipschitzian Global Optimization: Some Prospective Applications Packet Annealing: A Deterministic Method for Global Minimization, Application to Molecular Conformation Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Reformulations for Some Nonlinear Discrete Design Optimization Problems Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming on Generalized Networks Global Minima in Root Finding Homotopy-Continuation Algorithm for Global Optimization Space-Covering Approach and Modified Frank-Wolfe Algorithm for Optimal Nuclear Reactor Reload Design A Global Optimization Approach to Software Testing