Optimization and related topics. Selected papers of the 6th Australian optimization day miniconference, Ballarat, Australia, July 16, 1999, and the special sessions on nonlinear dynamics and optimization and operations research -- methods and applications, Melbourne, Australia, July 11--15, 1999 (part of the joint meeting of the American Mathematical Society and Australian Mathematical Society) (Q5948300)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Andramonov, Mikhail}, An approach to constructing generalized penalty functions., 3-14 [Zbl 1049.90086] \textit{Babayev, Djangir A.}, An exact method for solving the subproblem of the cutting angle method of global optimization., 15-26 [Zbl 1049.90060] \textit{Levitt, Steve; Ben-Israel, Adi}, On modeling risk in Markov decision processes., 27-40 [Zbl 1049.90117] \textit{Churilov, Leonid; Sniedovich, Moshe}, Multiplicative programming and beyond via \(C\)-programming., 41-60 [Zbl 1050.90541] \textit{Craven, B. D.; Islam, S. M. N.}, Computing optimal control on MATLAB -- the SCOM package and economic growth models, 61-70 [Zbl 1002.49001] \textit{Boland, John; Gaitsgory, Vladimir; Howlett, Phil; Pudney, Peter}, Stochastic optimal control of a solar car, 71-81 [Zbl 0996.93092] \textit{Korotkich, Victor}, On optimal algorithms in emergent computation, 83-102 [Zbl 0993.68041] \textit{Pardalos, Panos M.; Knopov, Pavel S.; Uryasev, Stanislav P.; Yatsenko, Vitaliy A.}, Optimal estimation of signal parameters using bilinear observations, 103-117 [Zbl 0991.94013] \textit{Peake, Michael; Pearce, Charles E. M.}, On an extremal problem arising in queueing theory and telecommunications., 119-134 [Zbl 1048.90080] \textit{Xu, Huifu}, Level functions of some optimal value functions., 135-152 [Zbl 1169.90464] \textit{Xu, Huifu}, Regularized gap functions and D-gap functions for nonsmooth variational inequalities., 153-176 [Zbl 1049.90101] \textit{Borwein, Jonathan M.; Lewis, Adrian S.; Zhu, Qiji J.}, Convex spectral functions of compact operators. II: Lower semicontinuity and rearrangement invariance, 179-196 [Zbl 1025.49023] \textit{Dragomir, S. S.}, Some inequalities for Riemann-Stieltjes integral and applications, 197-235 [Zbl 0999.26017] \textit{Eberhard, Andrew}, Prox-regularity and subjets, 237-313 [Zbl 1006.49011] \textit{Giles, J. R.; Sciffer, Scott}, Concerning differentiability properties of locally Lipschitz functions, 315-323 [Zbl 1006.49008] \textit{Howlett, Phil; Avrachenkov, Kostya}, Laurent series for the inversion of perturbed linear operators on Hilbert space, 325-342 [Zbl 1007.47008] \textit{Mordukhovich, Boris S.}, The extremal principle and its applications to optimization and economics, 343-369 [Zbl 1010.49014] \textit{Reich, Simeon; Zaslavski, Alexander J.}, Generic convergence of infinite products of nonexpansive mappings in Banach and hyperbolic spaces, 371-402 [Zbl 1011.47036] \textit{Shveidel, A. P.}, Recession cones of star-shaped and co-star-shaped sets., 403-414 [Zbl 1049.90122] \textit{Vladimirov, Alexander}, Does continuity of convex-valued maps survive under intersection?, 415-428 [Zbl 1067.49015] \textit{Zaslavski, Alexander J.}, Existence and structure of solutions of optimal control problems, 429-457 [Zbl 1014.49002]