The new edition contains modifications and additions which take into account recent developments in the field. From the reviews of earlier editions: "The book is clearly written and lucidly structured. In particular, the used notations are thoroughly defined, the diverse ideas are well...

The enormous practical need for solving global optimization problems coupled with a rapidly advancing computer technology has allowed one to consider problems which a few years ago would have been considered computationally intractable. As a consequence, we are seeing the creation of a large and...