Logic-based Methods for Optimization

John Hooker

ISBN 10: 0471385212 / ISBN 13: 9780471385219

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2000

About this Item

Examining the role of logic in optimization as the theme for integration, this volume is designed for courses in optimization, in particular discrete optimization. Much of the emphasis is placed on corporate tools and techniques, including a wide range of programming options. Series: Wiley-Interscience Series in Discrete Mathematics and Optimization. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 889. . 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logic-based Methods for Optimization
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471385212
• ISBN 13: 9780471385219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A pioneering look at the fundamental role of logic in optimization and constraint satisfaction
While recent efforts to combine optimization and constraint satisfaction have received considerable attention, little has been said about using logic in optimization as the key to unifying the two fields. Logic-Based Methods for Optimization develops for the first time a comprehensive conceptual framework for integrating optimization and constraint satisfaction, then goes a step further and shows how extending logical inference to optimization allows for more powerful as well as flexible modeling and solution techniques. Designed to be easily accessible to industry professionals and academics in both operations research and artificial intelligence, the book provides a wealth of examples as well as elegant techniques and modeling frameworks ready for implementation. Timely, original, and thought-provoking, Logic-Based Methods for Optimization:
* Demonstrates the advantages of combining the techniques in problem solving
* Offers tutorials in constraint satisfaction/constraint programming and logical inference
* Clearly explains such concepts as relaxation, cutting planes, nonserial dynamic programming, and Bender's decomposition
* Reviews the necessary technologies for software developers seeking to combine the two techniques
* Features extensive references to important computational studies
* And much more

About the Author

JOHN HOOKER, PhD, is Professor of Operations Research and T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University. Well-known for his work in the operations research/computer science interface, Dr. Hooker has published over 80 articles and coauthored (with Vijay Chandru) Optimization Methods for Logical Inference, also available from Wiley.