Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization: Dedicated to the Memory of Professor M.G. Karlaftis

In Memoriam Professor Matthew G. Karlaftis.- Preface.- Motorway traffic flow optimisation in presence of vehicle automation and communication systems.- Characterizing Urban Dynamics Using Large Scale Taxicab Data.- Holistic Calibration of Microscopic Traffic Flow Models: Methodology and Real-World Application Studies.- Optimizing leisure travel: Is Big-Data ready to improve the joint leisure activities efficiency?.- Air Traffic Flow Management Data Mining and Analysis for In-Flight Cost Optimization.- Simulation Optimization Of Car-Following Models Using Flexible Techniques.- Computational Intelligence and Optimization for Transportation Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities.- Nature-Inspired Algorithms: Success and Challenges.- Comparative Study on Recent Metaheuristic Algorithms in Design Optimization of Cold-Formed Steel Structures.- Adaptive Switching of Variable-Fidelity Models in Population-based Optimization.- Genetic Algorithms for the Construction of 22 and 23-level Response Surface Designs.- Reactive Power and Voltage Control Based on Mesh Adaptive Direct Search Algorithm.- Optimal placement of hysteretic dampers via adaptive sensitivity-smoothing algorithm.- Design of Tuned Mass Dampers via Harmony Search for Different Optimization Objectives of Structures.- Tailoring macroscale response of mechanical and heat transfer systems by topology optimization of microstructural details.- Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using "Turbulent" Adjoint And Robust Design In Fluid Mechanics.- Hierarchical topology optimization for bone tissue scaffold: Preliminary results on the design of a fracture fixation plate.- Boundary constraint handling affection on slope stability analysis.- Black box Optimization for Engineering Design: Adaptive Statistical Surrogates and Direct Search Algorithms.- Life Cycle Analysis and Optimization of a Steel Building.- Optimization of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Uniaxial Loading.- The Effect of Stakeholder Interactions on Design Decisions.- A Fixed Point Approach to Bi-Level Multi-Objective Problems.- Reliability-based shape design optimization of structures subjected to fatigue.- A stress-test of alternative formulations and algorithmic configurations for the binary combinatorial optimization of bridge rehabilitation selection.