This collection of papers focusses on the literary, the text-linguistic, the intertextual, and the
receptional aspects of the Qur'anic text. Using modern methodology can open the way …

We propose data profiles as a tool for analyzing the performance of derivative-free optimization
solvers when there are constraints on the computational budget. We use performance …

The Qur'an is probably the most self-referential text in the history of world religions. It often
describes its own textuality, it reflects on Arabic as its linguistic medium, it distances itself from …

Robust optimization (RO) has attracted much attention from the optimization community over
the past decade. RO is dedicated to solving optimization problems subject to uncertainty: …

We consider the problem faced by a company that wants to use viral marketing to introduce
a new product into a market where a competing product is already being introduced. We …

We present a new derivative-free algorithm, ORBIT, for unconstrained local optimization of
computationally expensive functions. A trust-region framework using interpolating Radial …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a species of small RNAs ∼21–23-nucleotides long that have
been shown to play an important role in many different cellular, developmental, and …

The importance of the Qur) an for Muslims and Islam is tantamount to the importance of the
person of Jesus Christ for Christians and Christianity. It has been rightly observed that the …

In many optimization problems arising from scientific, engineering and artificial intelligence
applications, objective and constraint functions are available only as the output of a black-…

The surface protein composition of extracellular vesicles (EVs) is related to the originating cell
and may play a role in vesicle function. Knowledge of the protein content of individual EVs …