In this text for advanced students and researchers in optimization and operations research, Stein (mathematics, Aachen University, Germany), explores the bi-level structure of semi-infinite programming, highlights topological and structural aspects of general semi-infinite programming, formulates optimality conditions which take this structure into account, and offers a new bi-level solution method. Results are illustrated by problems from engineering and economics that give rise to semi-infinite models, including minimax problems, robust optimization, design centering, and disjunctive programming. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This is the first book that exploits the bi-level structure of semi-infinite programming systematically. It highlights topological and structural aspects of general semi-infinite programming, formulates powerful optimality conditions, which take this structure into account, and gives a conceptually new bi-level solution method. The results are motivated and illustrated by a number of problems from engineering and economics that give rise to semi-infinite models, including (reverse) Chebyshev approximation, minimax problems, robust optimization, design centering, defect minimization problems for operator equations, and disjunctive programming. Audience: The book is suitable for graduate students and researchers in the fields of optimization and operations research.