Studia informatica universalis, n° 9.3. Optimization methods and their applications

This special issue contains a selective collection of carefully refereed papers based on talks presented during the 15th Baikal International School-Seminar on Optimization Methods and Their Applications held during June 23-29, 2011 and dedicated to the memory of Valerian P. Bulatov (1935-2010), who made a number of important contributions to the different fields of optimization and who played a leading role in organization of Baikal conferences.

These papers deal with both theoretical and practical aspects of optimization.