Optimization and Control Methods in Industrial Engineering and Construction   / ; Xu, Honglei, ed.; Wang, Xiangyu, ed. -- Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands :;Imprint: Springer,2014.

x, 296 p. :

Preface -- Robustness of Convergence Proofs in Numerical Methods in Unconstrained Optimization -- Robust Optimal Control of Continuous Linear Quadratic System Subject to Disturbances -- A Linearly-Growing Conversion from the Set Splitting Problem to the Directed Hamiltonian Cycle Problem -- Optimum Confidence Interval Analysis in Two-factor Mixed Model with a Concomitant Variable for Gauge Study -- Optimization of Engineering Survey Monitoring Networks -- Distributed Fault Detection Using Consensus of Markov Chains -- Engineering Optimization Approaches of Nonferrous Metallurgical Processes -- Development of Neural Network Based Traffic Flow Predictors Using Pre-Processed Data -- Economic Scheduling of CCHP Systems Considering the Tradable Green Certificates -- Optimizations in Project Scheduling: A State-of-Art Survey -- Lean and Agile Construction Project Management: As a Way of Reducing Environmental Footprint of the Construction Industry -- Managing Construction Projects in Hong Kong: Analysis of Dynamic Implications of Industrial Improvement Strategies -- Dynamic Project Management: An Application of System Dynamics in Construction Engineering and Management. A Lean Framework for Production Control in Complex and Constrained Construction Projects (PC4P) Optimization in the Development of Target Contracts.

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