Handbook of Combinatorial Optimization Book

Introduction- Part 1. General Methodology.- Analysis of Greedy Approximations.-Guillotine Partition in Geometric Optimization.-Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization in Process Synthesis.-Connection between Nonlinear Programming and Discrete Optimization.-Interior Point Methods for Combinatorial Optimization.-Fractional Combinatorial Optimization.-Reformulation-Linearization Techniques for Discrete Optimization Problems.- Grobner Bases in Integer Programming.- Dynamical System Approaches to Combinatorial Optimization. Semidefinite Relaxation, Multivariate Norma Distribution and Order Statistics.- Selected Algorithmic Techniques for Parallel Optimization.- Multispace Search for Combinatorial Optimization.-Randomized Parallel Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization.-Tabu Search.-Neural Network Approach for Combinatorial Optimization.-Data Correcting Algorithms in Combinatorial Optimization.-Probabilistic Verification and Non-Approximability.-Part 2. Classic Problems.-The Steiner ratio of $L_p$-planes.- The Maximum Clique Problem.-The Generalized Assignment Problem and Extension.-Linear Assignment Problems and Extensions.-Bin Packing Approximation Algorithms: Combinatorial Analysis.-Feedback Set Problems.-The Equitable Coloring of Graphs.-Approximate Algorithms and Heuristics for MAX-SAT.-Knapsack Problems.-Steiner Minimum Trees in Esub3.-The Graph Coloring Problem: A Bibliographic Survey.-Steiner Minimum Trees: An Introduction, Parallel Computation, and Future Work.-Resource Allocation Problems.-Efficient Algorithms for Geometric Shortest Path Query Problem.-On-line Dominating Set Problems for Graphs.-Minimum Weight Triangulation.-A review of Machine Scheduling: Complexity, Algorithms and Approximability.-Algorithmic Aspects of Domination in Graphs.-The Quadratic Assignment Problem.-A Cogitive Algorithm for solving the Equal Circles Packing Problem.-Optimal Rectangular Partition.-Weighted Dominating Set in Unit Disk Graphs.-Part 3. Applications.- Applications of Set Covering, Set Packing and Set Partitioning Models: A Survey.-Combinatorial Optimization in Clustering.-Combinatorial Optimization and Coalition Games.-Optimization Problems in Optical Networks.-Optimization Applications in the Airline Industry.-Routing and Topology Embedding in Lightwave Networks.-Steiner Tree in Industry.-Connected Dominating Sets in Sensor Networks.-Network-based Model and Algorithms in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.-Steiner Tree in VISL Designs.-Steiner Tree in Coal Mining Industry.-Coverage Problems in sensor Networks.-Packing, Dominating and Wireless Networking.-Group Testing in Molecular Biology.-Index.