Constructive nonsmooth analysis and related topics
By: Vladimir F. Demyanov, Panos M. Pardalos, Mikhail Batsyn, editors
Contributors: Demʹi︠a︡nov, V. F. (Vladimir Fedorovich), 1938- editor; Pardalos, P. M. (Panos M.), 1954- editor; Batsyn, Mikhail, editor
Series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications -- volume 87; Springer optimization and its applications -- v. 87.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781461486145
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Nonsmooth optimization; Congresses
Description: This volume contains a collection of papers based on lectures and presentations delivered at the International Conference on Constructive Nonsmooth Analysis (CNSA) held in St. Petersburg (Russia) from June 18-23, 2012. This conference was organized to mark the 50th anniversary of the birth of nonsmooth analysis and nondifferentiable optimization and was dedicated to J.-J. Moreau and the late B.N. Pshenichnyi, A.M. Rubinov, and N.Z. Shor, whose contributions to NSA and NDO remain invaluable. The first four chapters of the book are devoted to the theory of nonsmooth analysis. Chapters 5-8 contain new results in nonsmooth mechanics and calculus of variations. Chapters 9-13 are related to nondifferentiable optimization, and the volume concludes with four chapters containing interesting and important historical chapters, including tributes to three giants of nonsmooth analysis, convexity, and optimization: Alexandr Alexandrov, Leonid Kantorovich, and Alex Rubinov. The last chapter provides an overview and important snapshots of the 50-year history of convex analysis and optimization.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.