Download or read book Advances in Optimization and Parallel Computing written by Panos M. Pardalos and published by North Holland. This book was released on 1992 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optimization and parallel computing are areas of research characterized by an extremely rapid development during the last three decades. The main purpose of this volume is to show the reader a variety of optimization methods and related aspects of parallel computing techniques. The diversity of topics discussed in the book cover a broad spectrum of recent developments in these areas. This book, which grew out of many contributions given by distinguished researchers in honour of the 70th birthday of J.B. Rosen, one of the pioneers in optimization, is intended to serve as a guide for recent literature and as a stimulant to further research on optimization and parallel computing.