Parametric Optimization and Related Topics V: Proceedings of the International Conference on Parametric Optimization and Related Topics V- Tokyo (Japan), October 6-10, 1997

This volume contains the proceedings of the fifth conference on Parametric Optimization and Related Topics, held in Tokyo, Japan, from October 6-10, 1997. Parametric optimization as a part of mathematical programming investigates the behaviour of solutions to optimization problems under data perturbations. Properties involved, such as continuity, differentiability, topological stability and structural stability play a fundamental role in a series of further questions that are of interest both from a practical and a theoretical point of view. Many connections with other disciplines of operations research, like stochastic programming, model-building, numerical methods and optimal control originate from these properties. The presented papers (all refereed) are topical and original studies reflecting recent results in current directions of research in theory and applications.

The Editors: Jürgen Guddat was born in Halle in 1941. Since 1978 he has been ordinary professor of mathematical optimization at Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.
Ryuichi Hirabayashi was born in Tokyo in 1950. Since 1994 he has been ordinary professor of management science at the Science University of Tokyo, Japan.
Hubertus Th. Jongen was born in Oirbeek, The Netherlands in 1947. Since 1987 he has been ordinary professor of mathematics at Aachen University of Technology, Germany.
Frank Twilt was born in The Hague in 1942. Since 1984 he has been associate professor of mathematical optimization at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.