1. Dynamic Data Structures for a Direct Search Algorithm

   • Jian He
   • Layne T. Watson
   • William H. Tranter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 25

2. An Efficient Algorithm for the Knapsack Sharing Problem

   • Mhand Hifi
   • Slim Sadfi
   • Abdelkader Sbihi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 45

3. Extensive Testing of a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Solving Quadratic Assignment Problems

   • Meng-Hiot Lim
   • Yu Yuan
   • Sigeru Omatu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 64

4. Optimization of an Active Noise Control System Inside an Aircraft, Based on the Simultaneous Optimal Positioning of Microphones and Speakers, with the Use of a Genetic Algorithm

   • Z.G. Diamantis
   • D.T. Tsahalis
   • I. Borchers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 76

5. Global Optimization by Monotonic Transformation

   • Kar-Ann Toh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 99

6. Large-Scale Active-Set Box-Constrained Optimization Method with Spectral Projected Gradients

   • Ernesto G. Birgin
   • José Mario Martínez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 125

7. Augmented Lagrangians with Adaptive Precision Control for Quadratic Programming with Equality Constraints: Corrigendum and Addendum

   • Z. Dostál
   • A. Friedlander
   • K. Alesawi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 133