Global optimization and constraint satisfaction. First international workshop on global constraint optimization and constraint satisfaction, COCOS 2002, Valbonne-Sophia Antipolis, France, October 2--4, 2002. Revised selected papers (Q1418477)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Sahinidis, Nikolaos V.}, Global optimization and constraint satisfaction: the branch-and-reduce approach, 1-16 [Zbl 1255.90102] \textit{Kearfott, R. Baker}, GlobSol: history, composition, and advice on use, 17-31 [Zbl 1255.90096] \textit{Nowak, Ivo; Alperin, Hernán; Vigerske, Stefan}, LaGO -- an object oriented library for solving MINLPs, 32-42 [Zbl 1255.90100] \textit{Henrion, Didier; Lasserre, Jean-Bernard}, Solving global optimization problems over polynomials with GloptiPoly 2.1, 43-58 [Zbl 1255.90095] \textit{Jansson, Christian}, Rigorous error bounds for the optimal value of linear programming problems, 59-70 [Zbl 1255.90077] \textit{The COPRIN Project}, Minimal and maximal real roots of parametric polynomials using interval analysis, 71-86 [Zbl 1255.65092] \textit{Le Thi Hoai An}, D.C. programming for solving a class of global optimization problems via reformulation by exact penalty, 87-101 [Zbl 1255.90097] \textit{Petrov, Evgueni}, Symbolic-interval heuristic for bound-constrained minimization, 102-110 [Zbl 1255.90101] \textit{Schmied, Aurélien}, A global constrained optimization algorithm for engine calibration, 111-122 [Zbl 1255.90103] \textit{El-Sayed, M. E. Mostafa; Vicente, Luís N.; Wright, Stephen J.}, Numerical behavior of a stabilized SQP method for degenerate NLP problems, 123-141 [Zbl 1255.90110] \textit{Jaulin, Luc}, Consistency techniques for the localization of a satellite, 157-170 [Zbl 1255.93135] \textit{Walster, G. William; Hansen, Eldon R.}, Computing interval parameter bounds from fallible measurements using overdetermined (tall) systems of nonlinear equations, 171-177 [Zbl 1255.65098] \textit{Vu, Xuan-Ha; Sam-Haroud, Djamila; Silaghi, Marius-Calin}, Numerical constraint satisfaction problems with non-isolated solutions, 194-210 [Zbl 1255.65115] \textit{Shcherbina, Oleg; Neumaier, Arnold; Sam-Haroud, Djamila; Vu, Xuan-Ha; Nguyen, Tuan-Viet}, Benchmarking global optimization and constraint satisfaction codes, 211-222 [Zbl 1296.90004] \textit{Bussieck, Michael R.; Drud, Arne Stolbjerg; Meeraus, Alexander; Pruessner, Armin}, Quality assurance and global optimization, 223-238 [Zbl 1296.90003]