System modelling and optimization. Methods, theory and applications. 19th IFIP TC7 conference, Cambridge, GB, July 12--16, 1999 (Q1582514)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. The preceding conference (18th, 1997) has been reviewed (see Zbl 0912.00035). Indexed articles: \textit{Bendsøe, Martin P.}, Topology design of structures, materials and mechanisms -- status and perspectives, 1-17 [Zbl 1002.74081] \textit{Bixby, Robert E.; Fenelon, Mary; Gu, Zhonghao; Rothberg, Ed; Wunderling, Roland}, MIP: Theory and practice -- closing the gap, 19-49 [Zbl 0986.90025] \textit{Bock, H. Georg; Kostina, Ekaterina; Schlöder, Johannes P.}, On the role of natural level functions to achieve global convergence for damped Newton methods, 51-74 [Zbl 0982.65068] \textit{Castro, Jordi}, Computational experience with a parallel implementation of an interior-point algorithm for multicommodity network flows, 75-95 [Zbl 0981.90004] \textit{Cotroneo, Tommaso; Willems, Jan C.}, Modelling the behavior of systems: Basic concepts and algorithms., 97-117 [Zbl 1043.93505] \textit{Dontchev, Asen L.}, Lipschitzian stability of Newton's method for variational inclusions, 119-147 [Zbl 0994.49020] \textit{Gould, Nicholas I. M.}, SQP methods for large-scale nonlinear programming, 149-178 [Zbl 0970.90050] \textit{Higle, Julia L.; Sen, Suvrajeet}, Algorithmic implications of duality in stochastic programs., 179-188 [Zbl 1043.90546] \textit{McNaughton, Alastair; Rönnqvist, Mikael; Ryan, David}, A model which integrates strategic and tactical aspects of forest harvesting, 189-207 [Zbl 0976.90504] \textit{Ostrovsky, G. M.; Achenie, L. E. K.; Volin, Yu. M.}, Optimization of chemical processes under uncertainty, 209-226 [Zbl 0976.90125] \textit{Patsko, V. S.; Turova, V. L.}, Numerical solution to the acoustic homicidal chauffeur game, 227-249 [Zbl 1013.91021] \textit{Rudnaya, Svetlana; Santosa, Fadil}, Application of a micro-genetic algorithm in optimal design of a diffractive optical element, 251-267 [Zbl 0980.78006] \textit{Wolkowicz, Henry}, Semidefinite and Lagrangian relaxations for hard combinatorial problems, 269-309 [Zbl 0999.90031] \textit{Wright, Stephen J.}, Recent developments in interior-point methods, 311-333 [Zbl 0970.90115]