Modern Methods of Optimization : Proceedings of the Summer School “Modern Methods of Optimization”, held at the Schloß Thurnau of the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, FRG, October 1-6, 1990

This book contains a collection of 10 lectures about modern methods of optimization. Each of these lectures is devoted to a topic of current interest in optimization and gives an overview starting with the first ideasand leading to recent developments. It can serve as an introduction intonew areas of optimization as well as a guide to the newest trends of research in optimization. It should therefore be equally useful for beginners who are mainly interested in finding access to special and modern topics in optimization and for experts in certain areas of optimization who want to widen their horizon by getting insight into areas they are not yet familiar with