1. A Survey of Optimization by Building and Using Probabilistic Models

   • Martin Pelikan
   • David E. Goldberg
   • Fernando G. Lobo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 20

2. Finite-Time Performance Analysis of Static Simulated Annealing Algorithms

   • Jeffrey E. Orosz
   • Sheldon H. Jacobson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 53

3. Fast Global Optimization of Difficult Lennard-Jones Clusters

   • Marco Locatelli
   • Fabio Schoen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 70

4. Creating Advanced Bases For Large Scale Linear Programs Exploiting Embedded Network Structure

   • Nalâv Gülpinar
   • Gautam Mitra
   • István Maros

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 93

5. Solving Posynomial Geometric Programming Problems via Generalized Linear Programming

   • Jayant Rajgopal
   • Dennis L. Bricker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 109