A new outer approximation algorithm is proposed for solving general convex programs. A remarkable advantage of the algorithm over existing outer approximation methods is that the approximation of the ...

The expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm is a powerful computational technique for locating maxima of functions. It is widely used in statistics for maximum likelihood or maximum a posteriori ...

Approximation algorithms for the TSP endeavour to provide efficient, near‐optimal solutions where exact methods prove computationally prohibitive.