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Experience gained during a ten-year long involvement in modelling,
program ming and application in nonlinear optimization helped me to
arrive at the conclusion that in the interest of having successful
applications and efficient software production, knowing the
structure of the problem to be solved is in dispensable. This is
the reason why I have chosen the field in question as the sphere of
my research. Since in applications, mainly from among the nonconvex
optimization models, the differentiable ones proved to be the most
efficient in modelling, especially in solving them with computers,
I started to deal with the structure of smooth optimization
problems. The book, which is a result of more than a decade of
research, can be equally useful for researchers and stu dents
showing interest in the domain, since the elementary notions
necessary for understanding the book constitute a part of the
university curriculum. I in tended dealing with the key questions
of optimization theory, which endeavour, obviously, cannot bear all
the marks of completeness. What I consider the most crucial point
is the uniform, differential geometric treatment of various
questions, which provides the reader with opportunities for
learning the structure in the wide range, within optimization
problems. I am grateful to my family for affording me tranquil,
productive circumstances. I express my gratitude to F."
This volume contains refereed papers based on the lectures
presented at the XIV International Conference on Mathematical
Programming held at Matrahaza, Hungary, between 27-31 March 1999.
This conference was organized by the Laboratory of Operations
Research and Deci sion Systems at the Computer and Automation
Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The editors hope this
volume will contribute to the theory and applications of
mathematical programming. As a tradition of these events, the main
purpose of the confer ence was to review and discuss recent
advances and promising research trends concerning theory,
algorithms and applications in different fields of Optimization
Theory and related areas such as Convex Analysis, Complementarity
Systems and Variational Inequalities. The conference is
traditionally held in the Matra Mountains, and housed by the resort
house of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. This was the 14th event
of the long lasting series of conferences started in 1973. The
organizers wish to express their thanks to the authors for their
contributions in this volume, and the anonymous referees for their
valu able comments. Special thanks are directed to our sponsors,
the Hun garian Academy of Sciences, the National Committee for
Technological Development, the Hungarian National Science
Foundation, and last but not least, the Hungarian Operational
Research Society. We would like to thank John Martindale from
Kluwer Academic Publishers for helping us produce this volume, Eva
Nora Nagy for cor rections and proof-readings, and Peter Dombi for
his excellent work on typesetting and editing the manuscript."
Though the volume covers 22 papers by 36 authors from 12 countries,
the history in the background is bound to Hungary where, in 1973
Andras Pn kopa started to lay the foundation of a scientific forum,
which can be a regular meeting spot for experts of the world in the
field. Since then, there has been a constant interest in that
forum. Headed at present by Tamas Rapcsak, the Laboratory of
Operations Research and Decisions Systems of the Computer and
Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences followed the
tradition in every respect, namely conferences were organized
almost in every second year and in the same stimulating area, in
the Matra mountains. The basic fields were kept, providing
opportunities for the leading personalities to give voice to their
latest results. The floor has been widened recently for the young
generation, ensuring this way both a real location for the past,
present and future experts to meet and also the possibility for
them to make the multicoloured rainbow of the fields unbroken and
continuous. The volume is devoted to the memory of Steven Vajda,
one of the pioneers on mathematical programming, born is Hungary.
In 1992 he took part in the XIth International Conference on
Mathematical Programming at Matrafiired where, with his bright
personality, he greatly contributed to the good spirituality of the
event. We thank Jakob Krarup for his reminiscence on the life and
scientific activities of late Steven Vajda."
This volume contains refereed papers based on the lectures
presented at the XIV International Conference on Mathematical
Programming held at Matrahaza, Hungary, between 27-31 March 1999.
This conference was organized by the Laboratory of Operations
Research and Deci sion Systems at the Computer and Automation
Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The editors hope this
volume will contribute to the theory and applications of
mathematical programming. As a tradition of these events, the main
purpose of the confer ence was to review and discuss recent
advances and promising research trends concerning theory,
algorithms and applications in different fields of Optimization
Theory and related areas such as Convex Analysis, Complementarity
Systems and Variational Inequalities. The conference is
traditionally held in the Matra Mountains, and housed by the resort
house of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. This was the 14th event
of the long lasting series of conferences started in 1973. The
organizers wish to express their thanks to the authors for their
contributions in this volume, and the anonymous referees for their
valu able comments. Special thanks are directed to our sponsors,
the Hun garian Academy of Sciences, the National Committee for
Technological Development, the Hungarian National Science
Foundation, and last but not least, the Hungarian Operational
Research Society. We would like to thank John Martindale from
Kluwer Academic Publishers for helping us produce this volume, Eva
Nora Nagy for cor rections and proof-readings, and Peter Dombi for
his excellent work on typesetting and editing the manuscript."
Though the volume covers 22 papers by 36 authors from 12 countries,
the history in the background is bound to Hungary where, in 1973
Andras Pn kopa started to lay the foundation of a scientific forum,
which can be a regular meeting spot for experts of the world in the
field. Since then, there has been a constant interest in that
forum. Headed at present by Tamas Rapcsak, the Laboratory of
Operations Research and Decisions Systems of the Computer and
Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences followed the
tradition in every respect, namely conferences were organized
almost in every second year and in the same stimulating area, in
the Matra mountains. The basic fields were kept, providing
opportunities for the leading personalities to give voice to their
latest results. The floor has been widened recently for the young
generation, ensuring this way both a real location for the past,
present and future experts to meet and also the possibility for
them to make the multicoloured rainbow of the fields unbroken and
continuous. The volume is devoted to the memory of Steven Vajda,
one of the pioneers on mathematical programming, born is Hungary.
In 1992 he took part in the XIth International Conference on
Mathematical Programming at Matrafiired where, with his bright
personality, he greatly contributed to the good spirituality of the
event. We thank Jakob Krarup for his reminiscence on the life and
scientific activities of late Steven Vajda."
Experience gained during a ten-year long involvement in modelling,
program ming and application in nonlinear optimization helped me to
arrive at the conclusion that in the interest of having successful
applications and efficient software production, knowing the
structure of the problem to be solved is in dispensable. This is
the reason why I have chosen the field in question as the sphere of
my research. Since in applications, mainly from among the nonconvex
optimization models, the differentiable ones proved to be the most
efficient in modelling, especially in solving them with computers,
I started to deal with the structure of smooth optimization
problems. The book, which is a result of more than a decade of
research, can be equally useful for researchers and stu dents
showing interest in the domain, since the elementary notions
necessary for understanding the book constitute a part of the
university curriculum. I in tended dealing with the key questions
of optimization theory, which endeavour, obviously, cannot bear all
the marks of completeness. What I consider the most crucial point
is the uniform, differential geometric treatment of various
questions, which provides the reader with opportunities for
learning the structure in the wide range, within optimization
problems. I am grateful to my family for affording me tranquil,
productive circumstances. I express my gratitude to F."
Generalizations of the classical concept of a convex function have
been proposed in various fields such as economics, management
science, engineering, statistics and applied sciences during the
second half of this century. In addition to new results in more
established areas of generalized convexity, this book presents
several important developments in recently emerging areas. Also, a
number of interesting applications are reported.
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