Optimization for Industrial Problems
123 Patrick BangertOptimization for IndustrialProblems
Patrick Bangert
algorithmica technologie
Bremen, Germany
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ISBN 978-3-642-24973-0
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-24974-7
Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York
e-ISBN 978-3-642-24974-7
Library of Congress Control Number:
2011945031
Mathematics Subject Classification (2010):
90-08, 90B50
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PrefaceSomeEarlyOpinionsonTechnologyThereispracticallynochancecommunicationsspacesatelliteswillbeusedtoprovidebettertelephone,telegraph,television,orradioserviceinsidetheUnitedStatesT.Craven,FCCCommissioner,1961Thereisnottheslightestindicationthatnuclearenergywilleverbeobtainable.Itwouldmeanthattheatomwouldhavetobeshatteredatwill.AlbertEinstein,1932Heavier-than-airflyingmachinesareimpossible.LordKelvin,1895Wewillnevermakea32bitoperatingsystem.BillGates,1983Suchstartlingannouncementsastheseshouldbedeprecatedasbeingunworthyofscienceandmischievoustoitstrueprogress.WilliamSiemens,onEdison’slightbulb,1880Theenergyproducedbythebreakingdownoftheatomisaverypoorkindofthing.Anyonewhoexpectsasourceofpowerfromthetransformationoftheseatomsistalkingmoonshine.ErnestRutherford,shortlyaftersplittingtheatomforthefirsttime,1917Everythingthatcanbeinventedhasbeeninvented.CharlesH.Duell,CommissioneroftheUSPatentOffice,1899ContentandScopeOptimizationisthedeterminationofthevaluesoftheindependentvariablesinafunctionsuchthatthedependentvariableattainsamaximumoverasuitablydefinedvii