System Modeling and Optimization XX

Foreword. Invited Speakers:- On Approximate Robust Counterparts of Uncertain Semidefinite and Conic Quadratic Programs; A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski. Global Convergence of a Hybrid Trust-Region SQP-Filter Algorithm for General Nonlinear Programming; N. Gould, P.L. Toint. Some Aspects of Nonlinear Semidefinite Programming; F. Jarre. Implicit Filtering and Nonlinear Least Squares Problems; C.T. Kelley. Data Mining via Support Vector Machines; O.L. Mangasarian. Properties of Oligopolistic Market Equilibria in Linearized DC Power Networks with Arbitrage and Supply Function Conjectures; Jong-Shi Pang, B.F. Hobbs, C.J. Day. Risk Control and Optimization for Structural Facilities; R. Rackwitz. Probability Objectives in Stochastic Programs with Recourse; R. Schultz. Contributed Papers:- Parametric Sensitivity Analysis: A Case Study in Optimal Control of Flight Dynamics; C. Büskens, K. Chudej. Solving Quadratic Multicommodity Problems through an Interior-Point Algorithm; J. Castro. Stability and Local Growth near Bounded-Strong Optimal Controls; U. Felgenhauer. Graph Isomorphism Algorithm by Perfect Matching; K. Fukuda, M. Nakamori. A Reduced SQP Algorithm for the Optimal Control of Semilinear Parabolic Equations; R. Griesse. On Numerical Problems Caused by Discontinuities in Controls; C. Großmann, A. Noack, R. Vanselow. Solutions Differentiability of Parametric Optimal Control for Elliptic Equations; K. Malanowski. Shape Optimization for Dynamic Contact Problems with Friction; A. Myslinski. Optimal Shape Design Using Domain Transformations and Continuous Sensitivity Equation Methods; L. Stanley. Adjoint Calculation Using Time-Minimal Program Reversals for Multi-Processor Machines; A. Walther, U. Lehrmann.