Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications

This book features a selection of contributions that were presented at the Modelingand Optimization: Theory and Applications Conference (MOPTA) held at LehighUniversity in B ethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA between August 16-18, 2017. Theconference brought together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners working onboth theoretical and practical aspects of continuous and discrete optimization. Topicscovered include algorithms for solving convex, network, mixed-integer, nonlinear,and global optimization problems, and address the application of deterministic andstochastic optimization techniques in energy, finance, logistics, analytics, health, andother important fields. The selected contributions in this book illustrate the broaddiversity of ideas discussed at the meeting.