**Acknowledgements**

M. S. G. Tsuzuki is partially supported by CNPq (process 311.195/2019-9). A. K. Sato is supported by FUSP/Petrobras.

## **Author details**

Marcos S.G. Tsuzuki<sup>1</sup> \*†, Ahmad Barari2†, André K. Sato1†, Rogrio Y. Takimoto1† and Tomoki Saka3†


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*Introductory Chapter: Optimization Problems in Engineering DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.103719*
