| Practical Bilevel Optimization: Algorithms and Applications Contributor(s): Bard, Jonathan F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1441948074 ISBN-13: 9781441948076 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $313.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Linear & Nonlinear Programming - Computers | Programming - General - Business & Economics | Operations Research |
| Dewey: 519.7 |
| Series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.50 lbs) 476 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The use of optimization techniques has become integral to the design and analysis of most industrial and socio-economic systems. Great strides have been made recently in the solution of large-scale problems arising in such areas as production planning, airline scheduling, government regulation, and engineering design, to name a few. Analysts have found, however, that standard mathematical programming models are often inadequate in these situations because more than a single objective function and a single decision maker are involved. Multiple objective programming deals with the extension of optimization techniques to account for several objective functions, while game theory deals with the inter-personal dynamics surrounding conflict. Bilevel programming, the focus of this book, is in a narrow sense the combination of the two. It addresses the problern in which two decision makers, each with their individual objectives, act and react in a noncooperative, sequential manner. The actions of one affect the choices and payoffs available to the other but neither player can completely dominate the other in the traditional sense. |