**Preface XI**


Preface

IntechOpen to become a new editor.

reference to students, scientists or engineers.

patience when working on revisions.

ensure the book's high quality.

The work on this book started in October 2017. At the beginning of 2018, I was asked by

Since I had already served as an editor of the book *Applications from Engineering with MAT‐ LAB Concepts* in 2016, I accepted the offer. The general aim of this book is to present selected optimization algorithms in the areas of engineering, sciences and economics. During the se‐ lection process, many contributions were received, but some had to be rejected. These were mostly too theoretical and missing explanations of the algorithms. My intention was to pro‐ vide a book with a focus on: (1) clear motivation of studied problems, (2) understanding of described algorithms by a broad spectrum of scientists, and (3) providing (computational) examples that a reader can easily repeat. At the final stage, only seven independent chapters remained. I hope our book entitled *Optimization Algorithms - Examples* will serve as a useful

I am thankful to each author for the technical effort presented in each book chapter and their

My biggest thanks go to Ms. Ivana Glavic, Author Service Manager from IntechOpen, who instructed me through many stages of the editorial process. Together, we did our best to

**Dr. Jan Valdman**

University of South Bohemia České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Prague, Czech Republic

Institute of Mathematics and Biomathematics

Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the ASCR
