From the reviews:
The present book is a collection of 18 papers which were presented at the Workshop on High Performance Algorithms and Software for Nonlinear Optimization in 2001. ... The book is a worthwhile and understandable collection of high performance tools for large scale optimization problems. It gives an insight into the recent developments in serial and parallel computing and a lot of food for thought. (Kirsten Henken, OR-News, Issue 23, March, 2005)
This book contains the edited text of 18 lectures presented at the Workshop on high Performance Algorithms and Software for Nonlinear Optmization held ... between 30 July and 8 July 2001 in Erice, Sicily. ... The book layout is neat and the quality of type-setting, graphs, paper and binding is of high quality. It is suitable for graduate students, researchers and professionals working in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering. (H Yousef, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 57 (11), 2006)