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Item Details
Title:
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PRACTICAL BILEVEL OPTIMIZATION
ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS |
By: |
Jonathan F. Bard |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£249.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0792354583 |
ISBN 13: |
9780792354581 |
Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
Pub. date: |
31 December, 1998 |
Edition: |
1999 ed. |
Series: |
Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications 30 |
Pages: |
476 |
Description: |
Focuses of this book is on bilevel programming which combines elements of hierarchical optimization and game theory. This book provides a historical perspective on algorithmic development and highlights those implementations that have proved to be the most efficient in their class. |
Synopsis: |
The use of optimization techniques has become integral to the design and analysis of most industrial and socio-economic systems. Great strides have been made recently in the solution of large-scale problems arising in such areas as production planning, airline scheduling, government regulation, and engineering design, to name a few. Analysts have found, however, that standard mathematical programming models are often inadequate in these situations because more than a single objective function and a single decision maker are involved. Multiple objective programming deals with the extension of optimization techniques to account for several objective functions, while game theory deals with the inter-personal dynamics surrounding conflict. Bilevel programming, the focus of this book, is in a narrow sense the combination of the two. It addresses the problern in which two decision makers, each with their individual objectives, act and react in a noncooperative, sequential manner. The actions of one affect the choices and payoffs available to the other but neither player can completely dominate the other in the traditional sense. |
Illustrations: |
XII, 476 p. |
Publication: |
Netherlands |
Imprint: |
Springer |
Returns: |
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