This book gives a presentation of Evolutionary Algorithms, with a straightforward, bottom-up approach that provides the reader with a firm grasp of the basic principles of EAs. Covering the theory, history, mathematics, and applications of evolutionary optimization algorithms, t…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Mexican Conference on Pattern Recognition, MCPR 2013, held in Huatulco, Mexico, in June 2013. The 36 revised full papers and two keynotes presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions and are organize…
The two-volume set LNCS 8258 and 8259 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2013, held in Havana, Cuba, in November 2013. The 137 papers presented, together with two keynotes, were carefully reviewed and selected fr…
A Course in Topological Combinatorics is the first undergraduate textbook on the field of topological combinatorics, a subject that has become an active and innovative research area in mathematics over the last thirty years with growing applications in math, computer science, an…
Polyhedral and Algebraic Methods in Computational Geometry provides a thorough introduction into algorithmic geometry and its applications. It presents its primary topics from the viewpoints of discrete, convex and elementary algebraic geometry. The first part of the book studie…
Recent Advances in Harmonic Analysis and Applications is dedicated to the 65th birthday of Konstantin Oskolkov and features contributions from analysts around the world. The volume contains expository articles by leading experts in their fields, as well as selected high quality …
