Stochastic and global optimization. Dedicated to Prof. Jonas Močkus on his 70th birthday (June 18, 2001) (Q1348522)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Ali, M. M.; Törn, A.}, Topographical differential evolution using pre-calculated differentials, 1-17 [Zbl 1211.90175] \textit{Arkin, V.; Slastnikov, A.}, Optimal tax depreciation in stochastic investment model, 19-32 [Zbl 1211.91175] \textit{Bogle, I. D. L.; Byrne, R. P.}, Global optimisation of chemical process flowsheets, 33-48 [Zbl 1211.90331] \textit{Calvin, James M.; Žilinskas, Antanas}, One-dimensional global optimization based on statistical models, 49-63 [Zbl 1211.90299] \textit{Dzemyda, Gintautas}, Animated visual analysis of extremal problems, 65-91 [Zbl 1211.68313] \textit{Famularo, Domenico; Pugliese, Paolo; Sergeyev, Yaroslav}, Test problems for Lipschitz univariate global optimization with multiextremal constraints, 93-109 [Zbl 1211.90180] \textit{Frauendorfer, Karl; Haarbrücker, Gido}, Numerical techniques in applied multistage stochastic programming, 111-127 [Zbl 1211.90147] \textit{Hendrix, Eligius; Ortigosa, Pilar; Garcia, Inmaculada}, On the efficiency and effectiveness of controlled random search, 129-145 [Zbl 1211.90308] \textit{Kristinsdottir, Birna; Zabinsky, Zelda; Wood, Graham}, Discrete backtracking adaptive search for global optimization, 147-174 [Zbl 1211.90185] \textit{Madsen, Kaj; Žilinskas, Julius}, Parallel branch-and-bound attraction based methods for global optimzation, 175-187 [Zbl 1211.90295] \textit{Marti, K.}, On solution of stochastic linear programs by discretization methods, 189-207 [Zbl 1211.90148] \textit{Šaltenis, Vydūnas; Tiešis, Vytautas}, The structure of multivariate models and the range of definition, 209-219 [Zbl 1211.90187] \textit{Smolyak, Sergey}, Optimality criteria for investment projects under uncertainty, 221-233 [Zbl 1211.91158] \textit{Dzemyda, Gintautas; Šaltenis, Vydūnas; Žilinskas, Antanas}, The jubilee of Prof. Dr. habil. Jonas Mockus, vii-x [Zbl 1211.01014]