NOP - A Compact Input Format for Nonlinear Optimization Problems -- GLOPT - A Program for Constrained Global Optimization -- Global Optimization for Imprecise Problems -- New Results on Gap-Treating Techniques in Extended Interval Newton Gauss-Seidel Steps for Global Optimization -- Quadratic Programming with Box Constraints -- Evolutionary Approach to the Maximum Clique Problem: Empirical Evidence on a Larger Scale -- Interval and Bounding Hessians -- On Global Search for Non-Convex Optimal Control Problems -- A Multistart Linkage Algorithm Using First Derivatives -- Convergence Speed of an Integral Method for Computing the Essential Supremum -- Complexity Analysis Integrating Pure Adaptive Search (PAS) and Pure Random Search (PRS) -- LGO - A Program System for Continuous and Lipschitz Global Optimization -- A Method Using Local Tuning for Minimizing Functions with Lipschitz Derivatives -- Molecular Structure Prediction by Global Optimization -- Optimal Renewal Policy for Slowly Degrading Systems -- Numerical Prediction of Crystal Structures by Simulated Annealing -- Multidimensional Optimization in Image Reconstruction from Projections -- Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search for a Location Problem with Economies of Scale -- An Algorithm for Improving the Bounding Procedure in Solving Process Network Synthesis by a B&B Method.