Abstract: Many problems of globally optimal design have been solved by using monotonicity analysis. Extended monotonicity principles are obtained by exploiting nonstrict monotonicity of the objective function ...

Abstract: Many problems of globally optimal design have been solved in the literature using monotonicity analysis and a variety of tests, often applied in an ad hoc way. These tests are developed here, ...

Abstract: An experimental computer system for globally optimal design, called BAGOP, is discussed. This new tool uses the computer algebra system MACSYMA to implement a variety of tests and branching ...

Abstract: The CO2 laser provides radiation that is strongly absorbed and only weakly back-scattered by high water-content materials, such as biological tissue. Several methods can be employed to obtain ...