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Linear Programming in Industry

Theory and Applications. An Introduction

The present volume is intended to serve a twofold purpose. First, it provides a university text of Linear Programming for students of economics or operations research interested in the theory of production and cost and its practical applications; secondly, it is the author's hope that engineers, business executives, managers, and others responsible for the organization and planning of industrial operations may find the book useful as an introduction to Linear Programming methods and techniques. Despite the different backgrounds of these categories of potential readerR, their respective fields overlap to a considerable extent; both are concerned with economic optimization problems, and the use of Linear Programming to problems of production planning is simply applied theory of production. The non-economist reader may, but should not, pass over Chapter IV in which the linear production model is linked up with the economic theory of production. Without being an advanced text, the book aims at covering enough ground to make the reader capable of detecting, formulating, and solving such linear planning problems as he may encounter within his particular field. No heavy demands are made on the reader's mathematical profi ciency; except for the proofs in the Appendix-which may be skipped if desired-the mathematical exposition is purely elementary, involving only simple linear relations. In the author's experience, the pedagogical advantages of thi;:; approach, as compared with the use of matrix algebra, amply justify the sacrifice of mathematical elegance and typographical simplicity, particularly in explaining the simplex method.

The present volume is intended to serve a twofold purpose.

Discrete Mathematical Structures

Theory and Applications

Teaches students the mathematical foundations of computer science, including logic, Boolean algebra, basic graph theory, finite state machines, grammars and algorithms, and helps them understand mathematical reasoning for reading, comprehension and construction of mathematical arguments.

Teaches students the mathematical foundations of computer science, including logic, Boolean algebra, basic graph theory, finite state machines, grammars and algorithms, and helps them understand mathematical reasoning for reading, ...

Social Marketing and Behaviour Change

Models, Theory and Applications

This book provides a concise overview of the behaviour change models that are relevant to social marketing in order to assist academics and practitioners in social marketing program development. The book features a review and analysis of the most valid

However, changes sought by the application of social marketing are quite
specific. The primary aim is to achieve a particular 'social good' (rather than
commercial benefit), with clearly defined behavioural goals. While social
marketing is not a new concept, it has been (and continues to be in some cases)
misunderstood in many circles. The term is used interchangeably in the literature
depending on the paradigm of the authors. Two of the most common of these
interchangeably used ...

Fuzzy Logic Augmentation of Nature-Inspired Optimization Metaheuristics

Theory and Applications

This book describes recent advances on fuzzy logic augmentation of nature-inspired optimization metaheuristics and their application in areas such as intelligent control and robotics, pattern recognition, time series prediction and optimization of complex problems. The book is organized in two main parts, which contain a group of papers around a similar subject. The first part consists of papers with the main theme of theoretical aspects of fuzzy logic augmentation of nature-inspired optimization metaheuristics, which basically consists of papers that propose new optimization algorithms enhanced using fuzzy systems. The second part contains papers with the main theme of application of optimization algorithms, which are basically papers using nature-inspired techniques to achieve optimization of complex optimization problems in diverse areas of application.

Theory and Applications Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin. Table 12 Simulation
results for the sum squared function Bat algorithm Fuzzy Bat algorithm Number of
bats Best Number of bats Best 30 0.000006 10 0.00899885 The results of the
tests of the Sum Squared function between the original method and the proposed
one taking the best result of 30 experiments for each method are shown in Table
12.

Evolutionary Computation

Theory and Applications

Evolutionary computation is the study of computational systems which use ideas and get inspiration from natural evolution and adaptation. This book is devoted to the theory and application of evolutionary computation. It is a self-contained volume which covers both introductory material and selected advanced topics. The book can roughly be divided into two major parts: the introductory one and the one on selected advanced topics. Each part consists of several chapters which present an in-depth discussion of selected topics. A strong connection is established between evolutionary algorithms and traditional search algorithms. This connection enables us to incorporate ideas in more established fields into evolutionary algorithms. The book is aimed at a wide range of readers. It does not require previous exposure to the field since introductory material is included. It will be of interest to anyone who is interested in adaptive optimization and learning. People in computer science, artificial intelligence, operations research, and various engineering fields will find it particularly interesting.

Some of the terminologies used in evolutionary computation have been
borrowed from these fields to reflect their connections, such as genetic algorithms
, genotypes, phenotypes, species, etc. Although the research in evolutionary ...