InhaltsangabeDistributed branch and bound algorithms for global optimization.- Large-scale structured discrete optimization via parallel genetic algorithms.- Pushing the limits of solvable QAP problems using parallel processing - is Nugent30 within reach?.- On the design of parallel discrete algorithms for high performance computing systems.- Parallel algorithms for satisfiability (SAT) testing.- Sequential and parallel branch-and-bound search under limited-memory constraints.- A parallel grasp for the data association multidimensional assignment problem.- Basic algorithms on parallel optical models of computing.- Randomized parallel algorithms.- Finite behavior of simulated annealing: A probabilistic study.