Nonsmooth Optimization Methods and Applications

Topics include: Generalizations of differentiability of functions and multifunctions, and their applications to extremum problems * Generalizations of convexity, invexity, coercivity, monotonicity and pseudoconvexity * new developments in the calculus of variations * Variational and hemivariational inequalities and theire applications to mechanics and operations research * Calculus for non-differentiable functions * Stability of mathematical programs * Lagrangian multipliers and augmented Lagrangian Theory * Penalty methods * Vector extremum problems * Methods for solving non-differentiable extremum problems, in particular bundle methods
The result of the conference was a broad exposure offering a profound understanding of the current research in the field.
Nonsmooth Optimization Methods and Applications provides an overview of this branch of mathematics, concentrating on the interaction between the theory and its applications. It will be of interest to researchers in the field