Concepts of Combinatorial Optimization

Vangelis Th. Paschos (Edited by), VT Paschos (Author)

9781848216563, Wiley

Hardback, published 29 July 2014

408 pages
24.1 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.753 kg

Combinatorial optimization is a multidisciplinary scientific area, lying in the interface of three major scientific domains: mathematics, theoretical computer science and management.  The three volumes of the Combinatorial Optimization series aim to cover a wide range  of topics in this area. These topics also deal with fundamental notions and approaches as with several classical applications of combinatorial optimization.

Concepts of Combinatorial Optimization, is divided into three parts:
- On the complexity of combinatorial optimization problems, presenting basics about worst-case and randomized complexity;
- Classical solution methods, presenting the two most-known methods for solving hard combinatorial optimization problems, that are Branch-and-Bound and Dynamic Programming;
- Elements from mathematical programming, presenting fundamentals from mathematical programming based methods that are in the heart of Operations Research since the origins of this field.

Preface xiii

Vangelis Th. Paschos

Subject Areas: Mathematics [PB]