The nonconvex problem of minimum curvature is considered in detail and sufficient conditions for existence of solutions as well as characterizations are presented. The L ∞ minimization problem of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article is based on an idea proposed by C. W. Carroll for transforming a mathematical programming problem into a sequence of ...

No algorithm for optimizing general nonlinear functions exists that will always find the global optimum for a general nonlinear minimization problem in a reasonable amount of time. Since no single ...