1. Simultaneous Solution Strategies for Inclusion of Input Saturation in the Optimal Design of Dynamically Operable Plants

   • Rhoda Baker
   • Christopher L. E. Swartz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 24

2. Optimal Legal Firing Sequence of Petri Nets Using Linear Programming

   • Ahmed Tarek
   • Noé Lopez-Benitez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 43

3. Evolutionary Algorithm Integrating Stress Heuristics for Truss Optimization

   • Mariusz Pyrz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 57

4. Surrogate Duality Based Method for Contact Problems

   • Zhao Cheng Xuan
   • Kwok Hong Lee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 75

5. Optimization of Construction of Tire Reinforcement by Genetic Algorithm

   • Akihiko Abe
   • Tatsuihko Kamegawa
   • Yukio Nakajima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 92