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History of Optimization

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  1. Department Computer Sci. and Engineering, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Ding-Zhu Du

  2. Center for Applied Optim. Department Industrial and Systems Engineering, University Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Panos M. Pardalos

  3. Department Computer Sci. and Engineering, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Weili Wu

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  1. Ding-Zhu Du
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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544-5263, USA

    Christodoulos A. Floudas

  2. Center for Applied Optimization, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-6595, USA

    Panos M. Pardalos

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Du, DZ., Pardalos, P.M., Wu, W. (2008). History of Optimization . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_268

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