Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 1998: Vol 99 Table of Contents

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JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION
THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
Vol. 99, No. 1 October 1998
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Near Optimization of Dynamic Systems by Decomposition and Aggre¬
gation, S. P. Sethi and Q. Zhang . 1
Solution of Two-Point Boundary-Value Problems Using the Differential
Transformation Method, C. L. Chen and Y. C. Liu. 23
Initial-Value Technique for Singularly-Perturbed Turning-Point Prob¬
lems Exhibiting Twin Boundary Layers, S. Natesan and N. Ramanujam 37
Booster Method for Singularly-Perturbed One-Dimensional Convec¬
tion-Diffusion Neumann Problems. S. Natesan and N. Ramanujam ... 53
Fast Identification of Parameters in Optical Systems, C. L. Meng and
J. S. Gibson . 73
Superlinear Convergence of Interior-Point Algorithms for Semidefinite
Programming, F. A. Potra and R. Sheng. 103
Feasible Direction Interior-Point Technique for Nonlinear Optimiza¬
tion, J. Herskovits. 121
Functions Without Exceptional Family of Elements and Complementar¬
ity Problems, G. Isac and W. T. Obuchowska. 147
On Quasimonotone Variational Inequalities, /. V. Konnov. 165
Exponential Transformation in Convexifying a Noninferior Frontier
and Exponential Generating Method, D. Li and M. P. Biswal. 183
Boundary Controllability of a Stationary Stokes System with Linear
Convection Observed on an Interior Curve, A. Osses and J. P. Puel .. 201
Derivative-Free Methods for Monotone Variational Inequality and
Complementarity Problems, J. M. Peng. 235
TECHNICAL NOTE
An Example of Generalized Quasi-Variational Inequality, S. Kum_ 253
BOOK NOTICES. 259
GENERAL INFORMATION
Editorial Policy. 261
Preparation of Papers. 263
Editorial Addresses. 267
JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION
THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
Vol. 99, No. 2 November 1998
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Crossover Operators of Genetic
Algorithms. N. P. Belfiore and A. Esposito. 271
Optimization of Stability Robustness Bounds for Linear Discrete-Time
Systems. J. A. De Abreu-Garcia, X. Niu, and L. A. Cabrera. 303
Analysis and Optimization of Stability Robustness Bounds for Discret¬
ized Systems, J. A. De Abreu-Garcia, X. Niu, and L. A. Cabrera. 331
Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Robust Stability and Stabiliz-
ability of Continuous-Time Linear Systems with Markovian Jumps,
O. L. V. Costa and E. K. Boukas. 359
Existence of Minimizers for Nonconvex Variational Problems with Slow
Growth, G. Crasta. 381
Multicriteria Goal Games, F. R. Fernandez, L. Monroy, and J. Puerto 403
Exact Controllability and Boundary Stabilization of Torsional Vibra¬
tions of an Internally Damped Flexible Space Structure, G. C. Gorain
and S. K. Bose. 423
Solution Bounds for the Discrete Riccati Equation and Its Applications,
C. H. Lee and Y. C. Chang. 443
Cubic and Quartic Convergence for First-Order Periodic Boundary-
Value Problems, R. N. Mohapatra, K. Vajravelu, and Y. Yin. 465
Enumeration Approach for Linear Complementarity Problems Based
on a Reformulation-Linearization Technique, H. D. Sherali, R. S. Krish-
namurthy, and F. A. ALKhayyal. 481
Long-Step Primal Path-Following Algorithm for Monotone Variational
Inequality Problems, J. H. IVu. 509
TECHNICAL NOTE
Regularity Conditions for the Linear Separation of Sets, G. Bigi and M.
Pappalardo. 533
BOOK NOTICES. 541
GENERAL INFORMATION
Editorial Policy. 543
Preparation of Papers. 545
Editorial Addresses. 549
JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION
THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
Vol. 99, No. 3 December 1998
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Convexity of Quadratic Transformations and Its Use in Control and
Optimization, B. T. Polyak. 553
Direct Method of Constructing //^-Suboptimal Controllers: Continu¬
ous-Time Systems, Z. Lin, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti, and Y. A. Shamash.. 585
Direct Method of Constructing //2-Suboptimal Controllers: Discrete-
Time Systems, Z. Lin, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti, and Y. A. Shamash. 617
Minimum Spanning Table and Optimal Expansion of Competence Set,
J. W. Feng and P. L. Yu. 655
Estimate of Periodic Suboptimal Controls, G. Gramme!. 681
Prox-Regularization Methods for Generalized Fractional Programming,
M. Gugal. 691
Application of Interior-Point Methods to Model Predictive Control,
C. V. Rao, S. J. Wright, and J. B. Rawlings. 723
Relaxed Cutting Plane Method for Solving Linear Semi-Infinite
Programming Problems, S. Y. Wu, S. C. Fang, and C. J. Lin. 759
BOOK NOTICES. 781
GENERAL INFORMATION
Editorial Policy. 783
Preparation of Papers. 785
Editorial Addresses. 789
AUTHOR INDEX TO VOLUME 99 . 793