17th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2000)

本项目的目的是为参加将于2000年8月7日至8月11日在乔治亚理工学院举行的第17届国际数学规划研讨会（ISMP 2000）的部分学生和教师提供旅费和生活费。这种支持将只提供给那些否则无法参加的人。该项目由数学科学部、国际项目部和设计、制造和工业创新部共同资助，并将资助两类参与者：国内2。来自东欧的国际科学家。在第一类中，将优先考虑学生、初级同事、妇女和少数民族。数学规划这个术语就是优化的同义词。在数学规划或优化问题中，人们寻求在变量约束下使目标函数最大化或最小化。该领域的研究涵盖了广泛的主题，从优化问题的结构特性的理论分析和求解算法的开发和实现，到电信、物流、制造业、结构工程、经济学、金融、生物学甚至纯数学等领域的实际工作。最近成功的应用包括可生存电信网络的设计、人员调度、车辆路线、生产和库存控制、VLSI布局、轻量级、耐用工程结构的设计、投资组合规划和DNA串匹配。研讨会涵盖了该领域的最新研究成果，由国际知名专家进行了全体报告，来自40多个国家的科学家进行了许多其他讲座（超过1000场）。该专题讨论会每三年举行一次，被认为是该领域的重大事件。

The purpose of this project is to provide travel and living expenses for some students and faculty to participatein the 17th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2000) to be held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, August 7 - August 11, 2000. The support will be provided only to those who otherwise could not afford to attend. The project is split funded by the Division of Mathematical Sciences, the Division of International Programs and the Division of Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation and will fund participants in two categories: 1.Domestic 2.International scientists from Eastern Europe. In the first category, preference will be given to students, junior collegues, women and minorities. The term mathematical programming is synonymous with optimization. In a mathematical programming or optimization problem, one seeks to maximize or minimize an objective function, subject to constraints on the variables. Research in the field covers a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from the theoretical analysis of the structural properties of optimization problems and the development and implementation of algorithms for their solution, to practical work in areas such as telecommunications, logistics, manufacturing, structural engineering, economics, finance, biology and even pure mathematics. Recent successful applications include the design of survivable telecommunication networks, crew scheduling, vehicle routing, production and inventory control, VLSI layout, the design of lightweight, durable engineering structures, portfolio planning and DNA string matching. The symposium covers the latest research results in the field with plenary presentations given by leading international experts and many other talks (more than 1000) given by scientists from more than 40 countries. The symposium is held every three years and is considered to be the major event in the field.