Computational Modeling and Problem Solving in the Networked World Interfaces in Computer Science and Operations Research / edited by Hemant K. Bhargava, Nong Ye.

This book is a compilation of a selected subset of research articles presented at the Eighth INFORMS Computing Society Conference, held in Chandler, Arizona, from January 8 to 10, 2003. The articles in this book represent the diversity and depth of the interface between ORiMS (operations research an...

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Other Authors: Bhargava, Hemant K. (Editor), Ye, Nong (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
Edition:1st ed. 2003.
Series:Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, 21
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Perspectives on Computation
  • 1. A Framework for Integrating Solution Methods
  • 2. Computational Modeling And Explanation: Opportunities for the Information and Management Sciences
  • II. Machine Learning & Heuristics
  • 3. Extremal Optimization: an Evolutionary Local-Search Algorithm
  • 4. Tabu and Scatter Search for Artificial Neural Networks
  • 5. A Machine-Learning Approach to Optimal Bid Pricing
  • III. Algorithm Performance
  • 6. Grasp with Adaptive Memory Programming for Finding Good Starting Solutions to the Multicommodity Capacitated Network Design Problem
  • 7. Analyzing the Impact Of Knowledge on Algorithm Performance in Discrete Optimization
  • 8. A Computational Study of Three Demon Algorithm Variants for Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem
  • 9. Improved PTAS for The Unit-Height Rectangle Packing Problem: A New Dynamic Programming Procedure
  • IV. Applications
  • 10. Mending the Lag between Commerce and Research: A Logic- based Workflow Verification Approach
  • 11. Batching Techniques for Task Allocation in Workflow Systems? Towards Effective Role Resolution
  • 12. RECO: Representation and evaluation of configurable offers
  • 13. Mapping MIDI to the Spiral Array: Disambiguating Pitch Spellings
  • 14. Fluid Models for Parallel Processor Allocation
  • 15. Identifying Investment Opportunities in International Telecommunications Markets using Regression Models.