PREFACE This volume contains proceedings of the 8th International Conference ”Opti- mization and Applications” (OPTIMA-2017) that was held in Petrovac, Mon- tenegro, during October 2-7, 2017. The Conference brought together researchers and practitioners working in the field of optimization theory, methods, software and related areas. Optimization is now a rapidly growing area in computer science. It is widely applied in various fields, e.g. data analysis and process- ing, image recognition, robotics, material sciences, design, logistics etc. Thus it was not surprising that OPTIMA-2017 attracted a significant number of par- ticipants. This year about 90 researchers participated in the conference. Previous conferences took place at Petrovac, Montenegro in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and at Costa da Caparica, Portugal, in 2012. This event is a part of series of regular international conferences on optimiza- tion that covers a wide range of topics in mathematical programming, global optimization, nondifferential optimization, continuous optimization, combina- torial optimization, multicriteria optimization, equilibrium programming, game theory, optimal control, optimization software, data analysis, applications of optimization in natural sciences, engineering, data and information mining, economics, biology, medicine, etc. The main purpose of the conference was to provide a forum where scientists and young researchers can exchange ideas, identify promising directions for research and application domains, and foster new collaborations. In response to the call for papers, we received 146 submissions. Papers published in this volume (84 submissions) were carefully selected by the Program Committee on the basis of reports from two or more reviewers. The conference featured 10 plenary talks, among them there were the fol- lowing invited lectures: - Prof. Sergiy Butenko, Texas A&M University, USA, talk: The Maxi- mum Independent Union of Cliques Problem: Complexity and Exact Ap- proaches; - Academician of NAS of Kazakhstan, Prof. Maksat Kalimoldayev, IICT, Kazakhstan, talk: Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Stability of Complex Electric Power Systems; - Prof. Yurii Nesterov, CORE/UCL, Belgium, talk: Accelerating the Uni- versal Newton Methods. Contributed papers are organized in the following sections: Mathematical Programming section covers theoretic and algorithmic ad- vances in the field of constrained optimization. Optimal Control section collected talks devoted to dynamic optimization in- cluding optimal control and variational analysis. Combinatorial and Discrete Optimization section devoted to various as- pects of discrete optimization (integer and boolean programming, graph opti- mization, transportation problems etc.) Optimization in Economy, Finance and Social Sciences section com- prised papers related to optimization models and methods in economy and re- lated fields. Optimization Software section was devoted to various aspects of developing the software for solving optimization problems. Mathematical and algorithmic foundations. This section comprised talks related to fundamental aspects of optimization. Game theory section covers differential games, bimatrix games and other as- pects of game theory and applications. Applications section covering optimization applications in Natural Sciences, Engineering, Data and Information Mining, Economics, Biology, Medicine, etc. ORGANIZATION Program Committee Chairs Jacimovic Milojica Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (Montenegro) Evtushenko Yury G. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Kalimoldayev, Maksat Institute of Information and Computational Technologies (Kazakhstan) Program Committee Afanasiev Alexander P. Institute for Information Transmission Prob- lems RAS (Russia) Antipin Anatoly S. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Burdakov Oleg Linköping University (Sweden) Butenko Sergiy Texas A&M University (USA) Bushenkov Vladimir University of Evora (Portugal) Druzhinina Olga FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Garanzha Vladimir A. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Golikov Alexander I. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Gornov Alexander Yu. Inst. System Dynamics and Control Theory, SB RAS (Russia) Jacimovic Vladimir University of Montenegro (Montenegro) Kaporin Igor E. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Kelmanov Alexander V. Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, SB RAS (Russia) ii Khachay Mikhail Yu. Krasovsky Institute of Mathematics and Me- chanics, UB RAS (Russia) Khamisov Oleg V. L. A. Melentiev Energy Systems Institute, SB RAS (Russia) Kovacevic-Vujcic Vera University of Belgrade (Serbia) Kochetov Yury A. Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, SB RAS (Russia) Kvasov Dmitri E. University of Calabria (Italy) Lazarev Alexander A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences (Rus- sia) Lotov Alexander V. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Nedich Angelia University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (USA) Nesterov Yuri CORE Université Catholique de Louvain (Bel- gium) Olenev Nicholas N. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Pesterev Alexander V. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences (Rus- sia) Polyak Boris T. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences (Rus- sia) Popkov Yury S. Institute for Systems Analysis, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Pospelov Igor G. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Posypkin Mikhail A. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Sergeyev Yaroslav D. University of Calabria (Italy) Shananin Alexander A. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russia) Tchemisova Tatiana University of Aveiro (Portugal) Tretyakov Alexey A. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Vasin Alexander A. Lomonosov Moscow State Unversity (Russia) Zakharov Victor N. FRC ”Computer Science and Control” RAS (Russia) Zhadan Vitaly G. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Žilinskas Julius Vilnius University (Lithuania) Zubov Vladimir I. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Zykina Anna V. Omsk State Technical University (Russia) iii Organizing Committee Chairs Jacimovic Milojica Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (Montenegro) Evtushenko Yury G. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Kalimoldayev, Maksat Institute of Information and Computational Technologies (Kazakhstan) Posypkin Mikhail A. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Organizing Committee Burova Natalia K. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Golikov Alexander I. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Gornov Alexander Yu. Inst. System Dynamics and Control Theory, SB RAS (Russia) Dragović Vesna Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (Montenegro) Jacimovic Vladimir University of Montenegro (Montenegro) Khachay Mikhail Yu. Krasovsky Institute of Mathematics and Me- chanics (Russia) Kelmanov Alexander V. Sobolev Institute of Mathematics (Russia) Kochetov Yury A. Sobolev Institute of Mathematics (Russia) Malkova Vlasta U. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Mijajlović Nevena University of Montenegro (Montenegro) Obradovic Oleg University of Montenegro (Montenegro) Olenev Nickolay N. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Tchemisova Tatiana University of Aveiro (Portugal) Trusova Yulia O. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Vladimirova Svetlana V. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Zakharov Victor N. FRC ”Computer Science and Control” RAS (Russia) Zonn Ivetta A. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) Zubov Vladimir I. Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS (Russia) iv We would like to gratefully acknowledge the hard work of the organizing and program committees. Finally, we would like to thank our sponsors, the StatSoft company. Yuri G. Evtushenko, Mikhail Yu. Khachay, Oleg V. Khamisov, Yury A. Kochetov, Vlasta U. Malkova, and Mikhail A. Posypkin. v