Algebraic and geometric ideas in the theory of discrete optimization

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: De Loera, Jesus A. , 1966- (Author), Hemmecke, Raymond , 1972- (Author), Koppe, Matthias , 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics , c2013
Series:MOS-SIAM series on optimization
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Tools from linear and convex optimization
  • 2. Tools from the geometry of numbers and integer optimization
  • 3. Graver bases
  • 4. Graver bases for block-structured integer programs
  • 5. Introduction to generating functions
  • 6. Decompositions of indicator functions of polyhedral
  • 7. Barvinok's short rational generating functions
  • 8. Global mixed-integer polynomial optimization via the summation method
  • 9. Multicriteria integer linear optimization via Barvinok-Woods integer projection
  • 10. Computations with polynomials
  • 11. Grobner bases in integer programming
  • 12. The Nullstellensatz in discrete optimization
  • 13. Positivity of polynomials and global optimization
  • 14. Epilogue