Vladimir NORKIN’s publications record

 

Book 

1.Methods of Nonconvex Optimization (Abstract), Nauka, Moscow, 1987, 280p. (In Russian, co-authored with Mikhalevich V.S. and Gupal A.M.).

 

Papers in refereed international journals

2. Stochastic Optimization of Insurance Portfolios for Managing Exposure to Catastrophic Risks, Annals of Operations Research 99, 2000, 207-225. (co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M., Ermolieva T.Y. and MacDonald G.)

3. Global convergence of the stochastic tatonement process, J.of Mathematical Economics, 2000, V.34, P.173-190 (co-authored with Ermoliev Yu., Keyzer M.A.)

4. A system approach to management of catastrophic risks (Abstract), European J. of Operational Research, 2000, V.122, P.452-460 (co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M., Ermolieva T.Y., MacDonald G.J. Amendola A.).

5. Insurability of catastrophic risks: the stochastic optimization model (Abstract), Optimization, 2000, Vol. 47, 251-265 (co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M., Ermolieva T.Y., MacDonald G.J.).

6. A branch and bound method for stochastic global optimization, Math. Progr., 1998, V. 83, 425-450 (co-authored with Pflug G.Ch. and Ruszczynski A.)

7. On optimal allocation of indivisibles under uncertainty, Operations Research, 1998, Vol. 46, N 3, 381-395 (co-authored with Yu.M.Ermoliev and A.Ruszczynski).

8. Om nonsmooth and discontinuous problems of stochastic systems optimization European J. of Operational Research, 1997, Vol. 101, 230-244 (co-authored with Yu.M.Ermoliev).

9. The minimization of semicontinuous functions: Mollifier subgradients, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 1995, N 1, 149-167 (co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M. and Wets R.J-B.)

10. Normalized convergence in stochastic optimization, Annals of Operations Research, 1991, N 1, 187-198 (co-authored with Yu.M.Ermoliev).

 

Papers in refereed Russian/Ukrainian journals translated into English

11. Methods for solution of nonconvex nonsmooth stochastic optimization problems, Kibernetika i sistemnyi analiz (in Russian, English translation in Cybernetics and Systems Analysis), 2003, N 5, 60-81 (co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M.)

12. A nonparametric index approach for the evaluation of financial market actors through return-risk trade-off on example of commercial banks, Problemy upravleniya i informatiki (English translation in J. of Automation and Information Sciences), 2002, ¹ 6, 120-131 (In Russian, co-authored with Domrachev V.N. and Kirilyuk V.S.).

13. Problems of catastrophic risks insurance, Kibernetika i sistemnyi analiz (in Russian, English translation in Cybernetics and Systems Analysis), 2001, N 2, 99-110 (co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M., Ermolieva T.Y. and MacDonald G.)

14. On a possibility to reduce a general equilibrium model to optimization problems, Kibernetika i sistemnyi analiz (in Russian, English translation in Cybernetics and Systems Analysis), 1999, N 5, 75-86.

15. Stochastic generalized gradient method for solving nonconvex nonsmooth stochastic optimization problems, Kibernetika i sistemny analiz, 1998, N 2, 50-71 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics and systems analysis, V. 34, N 2), (co-authored with Yu.Ermoliev).

16. On nonstationary law of large numbers for dependent random variables and its application to stochastic optimization, Kibernetika i sistemny analiz, 1998, N 4, 94-106 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics and systems analysis, Vol. 34, N 4), (co-authored with Yu.Ermoliev).

17. On convergence of one method for searching economic equilibrium, Kibernetika i sistemnyi analiz, 1997, N 6 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M. and Fischer G.)

18. On Pijavski’s method for solving general global optimization problem, Zhurnal Vychislitel'noj Matematiki i Matematicheskoj Fiziki, 1992, N 7, 992-1006 (in Russian, English translation in Comp. Maths and Math. Phys.,  1992, N 7, 873-886).

19. On Convergence and Rate of Convergence of Empirical Mean Value Method in Mathematical Statistics and Stochastic Programming, Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, 1992, N 3, 84-92 (in Russian, English translation in Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, 1992, V. 28, N 3).

20. On Normalized Convergence of Random Variables, Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, 1992, N 2, 107-120 (in Russian, English translation in Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, 1992, V. 28, N 2).

21. a-concave functions and measures and their applications, Kibernatica i Systemnyi Analiz, 1991, N 6, 84-94. (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, 1991, V. 27, N 6, 860-869) (co-authored with Roenko N.V.)

22. Normalized convergence of random variables and its applications, Kibernetika, 1990, N 6, 85-89. (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics, 1990, V. 26, N 6, co-authored with Yu.M.Ermoliev).

23. On necessary and sufficient convergence conditions for nonlinear programming algorithms, Kibernetika, 1987, No.4, 50-55. (In Russian, English translation in  Cybernetics, V. 23, No.4).

24. Random generalized differentiable functions in nonconvex nonsmooth stochastic programming problems, Kibernetika, 1986, No.6, 98-102 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics, V. 22, No.6, 804-809)

25. On random Lipschitz functions, Kibernetika, 1986, No.2, 66-71,76 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics, V. 22, No.2)

26. On stability of a decent generalized gradient method, Kibernetika, 1985, No.4, 65-72. (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics, V. 21, No.4)

27. Nondifferentiable function minimization method with averaging of generalized gradients, Kibernetika, 1980, No.6, 88-89 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics, 1980, V. 16, No.6)

28. Generalized differentiable functions, Kibernetika, 1980, No.1, 9-11 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics, V. 16, No.1)

29. On convergence conditions for combined nonlinear programming algorithms, Kibernetika, 1979, No.6, 73-77 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics, V. 15, No.6)

30. Nonlocal algorithms for minimization of nondifferentiable functions, Kibernetika, 1978, No.5, 44-48 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics, V. 14, No.5)

31. Minimization algorithms for discontinues functions, Kibernetika, 1977, No.2, 101-107 (In Russian, English translation in Cybernetics, V. 13, No.2) (co-authored with A.M.Gupal).

 

Proceedings of international conferences

32. Ermoliev Y.M., Norkin V.I. Stochastic Optimization of Risk Functions via Parametric Smoothing, in Dynamic Stochastic Optimization. Eds. K.Marti, Y.Ermoliev and G.Pflug, Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 532, Springer, 2004, pp. 225-247.

33. Catastrophic Risk Management and Economic Growth, In: Xi Youmin, Huang Haijun, Liang Lei, and Wang Kanliang (eds), New Management Trends in New Century, Proceedings of ICM'2001, 4th International Conference on Management, 5-7 May 2001, Xi'an, China, China Higher Education Press Beijing (CHEP), and Springer Verlag, 2001, pp. 881-890 [ISBN 7-04-010017-7], (co-authored with Y.M. Ermoliev, T.Y. Ermolieva, G.J. MacDonald).

34. Optimization of catastrophic risk portfolios, Papers and Proceedings of 24-th Meeting of Euro Working Group on Financial Modeling, M.Bonilla at el., Eds., Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 1999, 251-269 (co-authored with Y.M. Ermoliev, T.Y. Ermolieva, G.J. MacDonald)

35. On modeling spatial, temporal and magnitude aspects in insuring cataclysmic events, Proceedings of the Second International School on Actuarial and Finantial Mathematics, Kyiv, Ukraine, 8-12 June, 1999, Theory of Stochastic Processes(Kiev), 1999, ¹1-2, 98-110.

36. On the role of advanced modeling in managing catastrophic risks, Proc. New Risk Frontiers: Conference for the 10-th Anniversary of the Society for Risk Analysis – Europe /Ed. B.-M. Drottz-Sjöberg/, The Center for Risk Research, Stockholm, 1997, 68-74 (co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M. and Ermolieva T.Y.).

37. On Constrained Discontinuous Optimization, Method, Proceedings of 3rd GAMM/IFIP Workshop (Neubiberg/Munchen, 1996), Stochastic optimization: Numerical methods and technical applications, Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 458, Berlin, Springer, 1998, 128-142 (co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M.).

38. Global Optimization of Probabilities by the Stochastic Branch and Bound Method, Proceedings of 3rd GAMM/IFIP Workshop (Neubiberg/Munchen, 1996), Stochastic optimization: Numerical methods and technical applications, Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 458, Berlin, Springer, 1998, 186-201.

 

Papers in Ukrainian journals

39. On the use of a return-risk frontier for the evaluation of banks functioning, Finansovye riski (Financial risks), 2002, No. 1-2(29), pp.75-77. (In Russian, co-authored with Domrachev V.N. and Kirilyuk V.S.)

40. Method of nonparametric indexes for the analysis of productivity, technical growth and efficiency chainge on the example of Ukrainian agriculture in 1996-1999, Finansovye riski (Financial risks), 2001, No. 3(27), pp.77-84. (In Russian, co-authored with Domrachev V.N. and Kirilyuk V.S.)

41. On asset/liability management for a commercial bank on the basis of statistical information about financial market, Finansovye riski (Financial risks), 2000, N2 (22), 91-96 (In Russian, co-authored with Domrachev V.N. and Kirilyuk V.S.)

42. Packet of programs for solving linear, nonlinear and stochastic programming problems, Upravlyauschie Sistemy i maschyny (Controlling Systems and Machines, In Russian), 1989, N 3, 109-112 (co-authored with Mikchalevich V.S., Gupal A.M., Drakin V.I., et al.)

 

Papers in proceedings of the Institute of Cybernetics (Kiev, Ukraine)

 

43. Norkin V.I., Onischenko B.O. On the global minimization of minimum functions by the minorant method, Teoria optimalnyh risheniy (Theory of optimal decisions), Ed. N.Z.Shor, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 2004, No. 3, pp. 56-63.

44. Norkin V.I., Onischenko B.O. A branch and bound method with minorant estimates used to solve stochastic global optimization problems, Komputernaya matematika (Computer mathematics), Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 2004, N 1, pp. 91-101.

45. Norkin V.I. On application of principle components method in multi-dimensional regression analysis, Komputernaya matematika (Computer mathematics), Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 2003, No.2, pp.29-36.

46. Modeling equilibria in applied economic models, Informatization and Market Transformations in Ukrainian Economy, DNDIIME, Kiev, 1998, 214-228 (In Russian, co-authored with Kirilyuk V.S.)

47. Global Stochastic Optimization: Branch and Probabilistic Bound Method, In Methods of Control and Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty, Ed. Yu.M.Ermoliev, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1993, 3-12 (In Russian).

48. Optimization of risk functions, Models and Methods of Operations Research, risk theory and reliability, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1992, 13-23 (In Russian).

49. On Stochastic Integer Programming, Mathematical Methods for Modeling and System Analysis under Incomplete Information, Ed. Yu.M.Ermoliev, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1991, 26-34 (In Russian).

50. Construction of linear models on the basis of limited experimental data, in: Mathematical Methods of Decision-Making under uncertainty, Eds. Yu.M.Ermoliev and I.N.Kovalenko, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1990, 77-82 (In Russian).

51. Reduced gradient method for solving nonsmooth and stochastic programming problems, Mathematical Methods for Analyzing and Optimization of Complex Systems which Function under Uncertainty, Eds. Yu.M.Ermoliev and I.N.Kovalenko, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1989, 1-8 (In Russian).

52. Construction of relaxation methods for nonconvex nonsmooth optimization, in: Mathematical Methods for Analyzing and Optimization of Systems which Function under Uncertainty, Eds. Yu.M.Ermoliev and I.N.Kovalenko, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1986, 35-41 (In Russian).

53. Two random search algorithms for minimization of non-differentiable functions, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research and Reliability Theory, Eds. Yu.M.Ermoliev and I.N.Kovalenko, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1978, 36-40 (In Russian).

 

Preprints of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

(Laxenburg, Austria)

54. Risk and Extended Expected Utility Functions: Optimization Approaches, Interim Report IR-03-033, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Anal.,  2003, 23p. (co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M.). 

55. Estimation of econometric models by risk minimization: Stochastic Quasi-gradient approach (Abstract), Interim Report IR-02-021, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Anal.,  2002, 32p. (co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M. and Keyzer M.A.)

56. General equilibrium and welfare modeling in spatial continuum: a practical framework for land use planning (Abstract), Interim Report IR-01-033, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Anal., August 2001, 28p. (co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M. and Keyzer M.A.)

57. Catastrophic Risk Management and Economic Growth, Interim Report IR-00-058, Int. Inst. for Appl. Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 2000, 12p. (co-authored Ermoliev Y.M., Ermolieva T.Y., MacDonald G.).

58. Monte Carlo Optimization and Path Dependent Nonstationary Laws of Large Numbers (Abstract), Interim Report IR-98-009, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1998 (co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M.).

59. On the design of catastrophic risk portfolios (Abstract), Interim Report IR-98-056, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1998 (co-authored with Ermoliev Y.M., Ermolieva T.Y., MacDonald G.J.).

60. Stochastic generalized gradient method with application to insurance risk management (Abstract), Interim Report IR-97-021, Int. Inst. for Appl. Systems Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1997, 19 p. (Co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M.)

61. Spatial Stochastic Model for Optimization Capacity of Insurance Networks under Dependent Catastrophic Risks: Numerical Experiments (Abstract), Interim Report IR-97-028/June, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 1997, 25 p. (Co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M. and Ermolieva T.)

62. A Branch and Bound Method for Stochastic Global Optimization (Abstract), Working Paper WP-96-065, Int. Inst. for Appl. Systems Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1996, 25p. (Co-authored with Pflug G.Ch. and Ruszczynski A.)

63. Constrained optimization of discontinuous systems, Working Paper WP-96-78, Int. Inst. for Appl. Systems Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1996, 14 p. (Co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M.).

64. On Convergence of the Sequential Joint Maximization Method for Applied Equilibrium Problems, Working Paper WP-96-118, Int. Inst. for Appl. Systems Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1996, 16 p. (Co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M., Fischer G.)

65. On nonsmooth problems of stochastic systems optimization, Working Paper WP-95-96, Int. Inst. for Appl. Systems Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1995, 35 p. (Co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M.).

66. Optimal Allocation of Indivisibles  under Uncertainty (Abstract), Working paper WP-94-21, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1994 (co-authored with Yu.Ermoliev and A.Ruszczynski).

67. The Analysis and Optimization of Probability Functions, Working paper WP-93-6, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1993.

68. The minimization of Discontinues functions: Mollifier Subgradients, Working paper WP-92-73, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Anal., Laxenburg, Austria, 1992 (co-authored with Yu.Ermoliev and R.J-B.Wets).

69. Normalized convergence in stochastic optimization, Working paper WP-89-091, Int. Inst. for Appl. Syst. Anal., Luxenburg, Austria, 1989 (co-authored with Yu.M.Ermoliev).

 

Preprints in English

70. Global convergence of Stochastic Tâtonnement Process, Staff Working Paper WP-97-04, Center for World Food Studies, Department of Economics and Econometrics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1997, 30 p., (co-authored with Ermoliev Yu.M. and Keyzer M.A.)

71. a-concave functions and measures and their applications, Working Paper, Institute fur Operations Research der Universitat Zurich, Zurich, 1990 (co-authored with N.V.Roenko).

 

Preprints in Russian/Ukrainian

72. Stochastic methods for solving nonconvex stochastic programming problems and their applications, Abstract of Doctor Thesis, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, 1998, 32 p. (In Ukrainian).

73. Stability of stochastic optimization models and statistical methods of stochastic programming, Preprint 89-53, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1989 (In Russian).

74. Optimization of probabilities, Preprint 89-6, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1989 (In Russian).

75. Generalized gradient method in nonconvex nonsmooth optimization, Abstract of Candidate (Ph.D.) Thesis, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, 1983, 16p. (In Russian).