This is a proceedings volume of a workshop on "Computationally intensive methods in Simulation and Optimization". The purpose of the meeting was to review and evaluate newly developed methods for combining simulation andoptimization. These methods are used for decision problems about stochastic...

Since the days of Lev Pontryagin and his associates, the discipline of Optimal Control has enjoyed a tremendous upswing - not only in terms of its mathematical foundations, but also with regard to numerous fields of application, which have given rise to highly active research areas. Few...