Global Optimization: Scientific and Engineering Case Studies Book

Ch. 1	Global optimization in solvent design	1
Ch. 2	Feeding strategies for maximising gross margin in pig production	33
Ch. 3	Optimized design of dynamic networks with heuristic algorithms	45
Ch. 4	A new smoothing-based global optimization algorithm for protein conformation problems	73
Ch. 5	Physical perspectives on the global optimization of atomic clusters	103
Ch. 6	Efficient global geometry optimization of atomic and molecular clusters	141
Ch. 7	Computational analysis of human DNA sequences : an application of artificial neural networks	169
Ch. 8	Determination of a laser cavity field solution using global optimization	181
Ch. 9	Computational experience with the molecular distance geometry problem	213
Ch. 10	Non-linear optimization models in water resource systems	227
Ch. 11	Solving the phase unwrapping problem by a parameterized network optimization approach	243
Ch. 12	Evolutionary algorithms for global optimization	267
Ch. 13	Determining 3-D structure of spherical viruses by global optimization	301
Ch. 14	A collaborative solution methodology for inverse position problem	331
Ch. 15	Improved learning of neural nets through global search	361
Ch. 16	Evolutionary approach to design assembly lines	389
Ch. 17	Agroecosystem management	413
Ch. 18	Finding the minimal root of an equation - applications and algorithms based on lipschitz condition	441
Ch. 19	Optimization of radiation therapy dose delivery with multiple static collimation	461
Ch. 20	Parallel triangulated partitioning for black box optimization	487
Ch. 21	A case study : composite structure design optimization	507
Ch. 22	Neural network enhanced optimal self-tuning controller design for induction motors	529