Uncontrolled Systems -- Controlled Systems -- Controllability and Optimization -- A.1 The Core of a Cooperative n-Person Game -- A.2 The Core of a Linear Production Game -- A.3 Weak Pareto Optima: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions -- A.4 Duality -- B Bibliographical Remarks -- References --...

1.0 Introduction -- 2.0 Necessary Conditions for Optimality -- 3.0 The Gradient Method -- 3.1 Min H Method and Conjugate Gradient Method -- 3.2 Boundary Constraints -- 3.3 Problems with Control Constraints -- 4.0 Successive Sweep Method -- 4.1 Final Time Given Implicitly -- 5.0 Second-Variation...

The book presents and discusses theoretical and practical developments in the field of optimization. All papers contain new results and the emphasis has been put on the accessibility of each paper for researchers working in optimization. The topics covered in this volume include: Mathematical...

Optimization Theory and Algorithms -- On the Asymptotic Behavior of a System of Steepest Descent Equations Coupled by a Vanishing Mutual Repulsion -- Inverse Linear Programming -- Second-Order Conditions in C1,1 Vector Optimization with Inequality and Equality Constraints -- Benson Proper...