TY - BOOK ID - 16969065 TI - Equilibrium problems : nonsmooth optimization and variational inequality models AU - Gianessi, Franco ; Maugeri, Antonino ; Pardalos, Panos M. AU - Giannessi, F AU - Pardalos, P. M AU - Maugeri, A AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2001 VL - 58 SN - 1402001614 0306480263 9781402001611 PB - Boston, MA : Springer US, DB - UniCat KW - Nonsmooth optimization KW - Variational inequalities (Mathematics) KW - Equilibrium KW - Operations Research KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Balance KW - Balance (Physics) KW - Balancing (Physics) KW - Stability KW - Statics KW - Inequalities, Variational (Mathematics) KW - Calculus of variations KW - Differential inequalities KW - Nonsmooth analysis KW - Optimization, Nonsmooth KW - Mathematical optimization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16969065 AB - The aim of the book is to cover the three fundamental aspects of research in equilibrium problems: the statement problem and its formulation using mainly variational methods, its theoretical solution by means of classical and new variational tools, the calculus of solutions and applications in concrete cases. The book shows how many equilibrium problems follow a general law (the so-called user equilibrium condition). Such law allows us to express the problem in terms of variational inequalities. Variational inequalities provide a powerful methodology, by which existence and calculation of the solution can be obtained. ER -