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Subject: UW Num. Optimization, Dr. Zheng on "Theory and Methods for Global Optimization - An Integral Approach".
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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
SEMINAR ACTIVITIES

NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION
(Joint with C&O)

                    - Tuesday, November 4, 1986.

Dr.  Quan  Zheng  of Shanghai University of Science and
Technology  will speak on ``Theory and Methods for Glo-
bal Optimization - An Integral Approach''.

TIME:                4:00 PM

ROOM:              MC 5045

ABSTRACT

Until  now  most  of the theory and methods for dealing
with  minimization  problems  are  gradient-based ones.
They are difficult to use to treat the global optimiza-
tion  problem.   In  this survey, integral-based theory
and  methods  are  reported.   The  advantages  of this
approach is that it can be used to treat global optimi-
zation   problems  of  nonconvex,  nonsmooth  and  even
discontinuous functions.