With contributions by specialists in optimization and practitioners in the fields of aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, and fluid and solid mechanics, the major themes include an assessment of the state of the art in optimization algorithms as well as challenging applications in design and control, in the areas of process engineering and systems with partial differential equation models.

InhaltsangabeCGU: An algorithm for molecular structure prediction.- Potential transformation method for global optimization.- Multispace search for protein folding.- Modeling the structure of ice as a problem in global minimization.- Novel Applications of Optimization to Molecule Design.- Issues in large-scale global molecular optimization.- Global minimization of Lennard-Jones functions on transputer networks.- Variable-scale coarse-graining in macromolecular global optimization.- Global optimization for molecular clusters using a new smoothing approach.

Foreword General Preface for Large-Scale Optimization with Applications, Parts I, II, and III Preface for Part III Contents for Part I Contents for Part II CGU: An algorithm for molecular structure prediction Potential transformation method for global optimization Multispace search for protein folding Modeling the structure of ice as a problem in global minimization Novel applications of optimization to molecule design Issues in large-scale global molecular optimization Global minimization of Lennard-Jones functions on transputer networks Variable-scale coarse-graining in macromolecular global optimization Global optimization for molecular clusters using a new smoothing approach

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