Large-Scale Optimization with Applications

by Lorenz T. Biegler, Thomas Coleman, Andrew r. Conn, Fadil N. Santosa

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Description Many important molecular conformation problems, such as protein folding, are expressed as global minimization problems. The purpose of the sessions represented in this volume was to discuss the new algorithmic advances for global minimization in the context of protein folding and related molecular minimization problems.

Publisher Description

Many important molecular conformation problems, such as protein folding, are expressed as global minimization problems. It is the fact that local minimization is insufficient, that markedly differentiates this volume from the previous two. Unfortunately, global minimization problems that result from models of molecular conformation are usually intractable. For example, simple 1-dimensional versions of distance conformation problems are NP-hard. Nevertheless, there has been significant recent progress in the design of promising heuristic strategies (often involving the use of high- performance parallel computers) for computing approximate global minimizers. The purpose of the sessions represented in this volume was to discuss the new algorithmic advances for global minimization in the context of protein folding and related molecular minimization problems. Emphasis was on practical shortcomings of current approaches, outstanding problems and questions, and the use of high-performance parallel computers.

Author Biography

LORENZ T. BIEGLER is the Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. A graduate from Illinois Institute of Technology, he holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He has been a Presidential Young Investigator and has received the Curtis McGraw Award of ASEE. E. IGNACIO GROSSMANN is Head and the Rudolph R. Dean Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon. A graduate from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico, he holds master's and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering from Imperial College, London. He has also been a Pres

Details

  • ISBN 0387982884
  • ISBN-13 9780387982885
  • Title Large-Scale Optimization with Applications
  • Author Lorenz T. Biegler, Thomas Coleman, Andrew r. Conn, Fadil N. Santosa
  • Format Hardcover
  • Year 1997
  • Pages 207
  • Edition 1997th
  • Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
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