
Practical Bilevel Optimization
Algorithms and Applications
Jonathan F. Bard(Author)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published on 31. December 1998
Book
Hardback
XII, 476 pages
978-0-7923-5458-1 (ISBN)
Description
The use of optimization techniques has become integral to the design and analysis of most industrial and socio-economic systems. Great strides have been made recently in the solution of large-scale problems arising in such areas as production planning, airline scheduling, government regulation, and engineering design, to name a few. Analysts have found, however, that standard mathematical programming models are often inadequate in these situations because more than a single objective function and a single decision maker are involved. Multiple objective programming deals with the extension of optimization techniques to account for several objective functions, while game theory deals with the inter-personal dynamics surrounding conflict. Bilevel programming, the focus of this book, is in a narrow sense the combination of the two. It addresses the problern in which two decision makers, each with their individual objectives, act and react in a noncooperative, sequential manner. The actions of one affect the choices and payoffs available to the other but neither player can completely dominate the other in the traditional sense.
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Edition
1999 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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XII, 476 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
898 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-5458-1 (9780792354581)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-2836-1
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Content
1 Introduction.- 2 Linear Programming.- 3 Integer Programming.- 4 Nonlinear Programming.- 5 Linear BLP: Continuous Variables.- 6 Linear BLP: Discrete Variables.- 7 Convex Bilevel Programming.- 8 General Bilevel Programming.- 9 Heuristics.- 10 Transportation Network Design.- 11 Production Planning.- 12 Determining Price Support Levels for Biofuel Crops.- References.