xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DYNAMIC GAMES E-LETTER, issue No. 43, June 20, 2002 Edited by Raimo P. Hamalainen and Harri Ehtamo Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology ISDG@HUT.FI http://www.hut.fi/Units/SAL/isdg, or http://www.isdg.hut.fi xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coming this summer: ! ! ! The 10th ISDG Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications ! ! ! From Monday till Thursday, from July 8 till July 11, 2002 Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia see: http://wwww.isdgrus.ru/ISDG2002/ The ISDG e-letter wishes YOU a very good Symposium, and A Happy Summertime! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by Birgitte Jülg April 28 Dear Game Theorists, We would like to inform you about our new publication in Game Theory: A First Course on Zero-Sum Repeated Games by Dr. Sylvain Sorin The purpose of the book is to present the basic results in the theory of two-person zero-sum repeated games including stochastic games and repeated games with incomplete information. It underlines their relation through the operator approach and covers both asymptotic and uniform properties. The monograph is self-contained including presentation of incomplete information games, minmax theorems and approachability results. It is adressed to graduate students with no previous knowledge of the field. For further information : http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/search_book.pl?isbn=3-540-43028-8 Sincerely, Brigitte Jülg Springer-Verlag France 1, rue Paul-Cézanne - 75008 Paris Tél.: 01 53 93 36 78 - Fax 01 53 93 37 29 e-mail: juelg@springer-paris.fr xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by Andrzej Osyczka June 20 A New Book! Evolutionary Algorithms for Single and Multicriteria Design Optimization by Andrzej Osyczka 2001. XIV, 218 pp. 76 figs., 24 tabs. (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Vol. 79) Hardcover EUR 54,95 ISBN 3-7908-1418-0 From back cover: Many design optimization problems are of a very complex nature and quite hard to solve by conventional optimization techniques. Genetic algorithms, or their more advanced forms called evolutionary algorithms, have recently received considerable attention because of their potential of being a very effective design optimization technique. Both genetic and evolutionary algorithms simulate natural genetic processes of living organisms and they can often outperform conventional optimization methods. In this book after the introduction to design optimization, genetic and evolutionary algorithms as a design optimization tool are described. Then the advanced evolutionary algorithm techniques are provided. These techniques are used in single and multicriteria optimization methods described in detail in this book. Finally three real-life design optimization problems are formulated and solved by means of the methods presented in the book. The book is designed as a self-study guide for researchers and students in all engineering departments, especially in mechanical, civil and industrial engineering. The book may also be useful as a comprehensive text for operations researchers, artificial intelligence researchers, management scientists, system analysts and others who face challenging and difficult to solve optimization problems in their fields of study. Prof. Andrzej OSYCZKA, D.Sc. CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Department of Mechanical Engineering Al. Jana Paw³a II 37, 31-864 Kraków, POLAND tel.: +48-12 -6283214, fax: +48-12-6482010 email: osyczka@mech.pk.edu.pl. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by Eitan Altman April 19 AN ANNOUNCEMENT about Annals of ISDG, Vol. 6 Dear Collegue: The 6th volume of the Annals of the ISDG is now available. It is distributed among participants that payed full registration fee in the 8th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, July, 1997, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Unfortunately many addresses are not valid anymore, so the editor does not know where to send the Annals. More precisely, the author does not have the addresses of the following persons: Barbucha, Fernandez Saez, Golanski, Howard, Martinez, Muto, Rettig, Shimomura, Vohra, Wekeck, Adjali, Brenner, Chen, Ernst, Fruchter, Goren, Pan, Rhee, Troeva, Lehmann-Grube, Schenk-Hoppe, Tahk, Zoroa, Vieille Please send the correct address information to: kostant@birkhauser.com with a copy to me, mentionning that it is for the shipment of the 6th volume of the Annals of the ISDG. Many thanks, Eitan Altman Eitan Altman, INRIA B.P.93, 2004 Route des Lucioles 06902 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, FRANCE Tel: (33) 4 92 38 77 86, Fax: (33) 4 92 38 77 65 Eitan.Altman@sophia.inria.fr http://www.inria.fr/mistral/personnel/Eitan.Altman/me.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx contributed by the Editors June 20 Please, have a look at the ISDG web pages ! ! ! http://www.hut.fi/Units/SAL/isdg, or http://www.isdg.hut.fi Especially note that you can now announce the forthcoming conferences (by including the corresponding conference web site) in the ISDG web pages in "News and conferences" or in "ISDG meetings". Mail your contributions to isdg@hut.fi This newsletter publishes only the most important news dealing with the operation of the ISDG society. Abstracts of Ph.D. theses, papers and books are also wellcome. You are now in the ISDG mailing list. Note that you can unsubscribe from the list, change your email adress in the list, or send your own messages to the list members by following the instructions in the above web site. Looking forward to receiving your news contributions. The Editors of the ISDG electronic newsletter xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx End of ISDG E-LETTER issue No. 43, June 20, 2002