A nonlinear optimal control problem for the nonsteady temperature of a layer with constraints on the thermal stress

We propose a numerical method of constructing the optimal heating regime for a thermally stressed unbounded layer with constraints on the control and thermal stresses. Solving the nonlinear optimization problem for rapidity is reduced to solving the inverse problem of thermoelasticity. The results of numerical studies are presented. Translated fromMatematichni Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 38, 1995.     

Speed-optimal control of heating of inhomogeneous bodies by internal heat sources with constraints on the parameters of the thermal process

We use the method of the inverse heat-conduction problem to state and construct a numerical solution of the problem of speed-optimal control of the one-dimensional nonstationary thermal regimes of inhomogeneous bodies using internal heat sources with constraints on the control and the parameters of the thermal process. The control problem is nonlinear since the maximal values of the constraining parameters are attained at internal points of the body whose position changes during heating. Translated fromMatematichni Metodi ta Fiziko-mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 39, No. 1, 1996, pp. 110–114.     

Optimization of vertical axisymmetric thermal displacements in a round plate using heat sources

We consider the problem of using heat sources for optimal control of the distribution of the vertical axisymmetric thermal displacements of a thin round plate with edge clamped at an angle of revolution. On the basis of the method of the inverse thermoelasticity problem we construct a solution of the control problem. For specific cases of heating the plate we carry out a numerical analysis of the behavior of the optimal control.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Poly a, Issue 36, 1992, pp. 105–110.     

Optimization of axisymmetric thermal displacements in a given section of an unbounded layer

We study the problem of optimal control of the distribution of axisymmetric vertical or radial thermal displacements in a given section of an unbounded layer. Using the method of the inverse problem of thermoelasticity we construct the solution of the control problem. For specific cases of heating of the layer we give a numerical analysis of the behavior of the optimal control.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 34, 1991, pp. 55–61.     

Nonisothermal deformation of an elastoviscoplastic flat heavy layer

We give a solution to the thermoplasticity problem on the slide of a heavy layer from an inclined plane under heating. The reason for the creep effect is the development of a viscoplastic flow due to the dependence of the yield strength of the layer material on temperature. In the framework of large deformation theory we indicate a law of propagation for the elastoplastic boundary, calculate stresses, deformations, and deformation velocities both in the thermoplastic deformation region and the flow region.     

Numerical solution of the problem of optimal control of the heating of a thermoelastic plate by internal heat sources

We give the statement and numerical solution of the problem of optimal control (in the sense of rapidity of response) of the heating of an unbounded plate by internal heat sources in the presence of restrictions on the maximal (in absolute value) thermal stresses. In constructing the solution of this nonlinear optimal control problem we use the method of the inverse heat conduction problem.     

Optimization of the two-dimensional temperature fields in inhomogeneous bodies with constraints on the phase coordinates

We state a problem of speed-optimal control of the two-dimensional nonstationary temperature regime in inhomogeneous bodies with constraints on the control (the temperature of the heating medium) and the phase coordinates (the temperature of the body, the temperature range, and the heat flux on the surface of the body), and we propose a method for solving the problem numerically. We give as an example the computation of the optimal control of heating of a hollow infinite cylinder under constraints on the temperature range. Translated fromMatematichni Metodi ta Fiziko-mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 39, No. 1, 1996, pp. 119–123.     

The current state of the problem of interaction of acoustic beams with obstacles in a deformable medium

We analyze the state of the problem of the formation of radiated and scattered acoustic beams in application to the development of a methodology for studying the information aspects of hydroacoustics and nondestructive control. We discuss the problems of the selective generation of characteristic vibrations of elastic objects in a deformable medium using sharply directed acoustic impulses. We study the problem of posing and methods of solving a certain class of inverse problems of scattering theory.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 27, 1988, pp. 56–64.In conclusion we note the papers [7, 74, 100] connected with the traditional method of solving inverse problems-the selection method.     

Inverse sorting problem by minimizing the total weighted number of changes and partial inverse sorting problems

In this paper, we consider two types of inverse sorting problems. The first type is an inverse sorting problem by minimizing the total weighted number of changes with bound constraints. We present an O(n ²) time algorithm to solve the problem. The second type is a partial inverse sorting problem and a variant of the partial inverse sorting problem. We show that both the partial inverse sorting problem and the variant can be solved by a combination of a sorting problem and an inverse sorting problem. Supported by the Hong Kong Universities Grant Council (CERG CITYU 103105) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2002CB312004) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (700221001, 70425004).     

Solving the Inverse Generalized Problem of Vertical Seismic Profiling

The dynamic inverse seismics problem is considered in a generalized setting. We investigate whether the wave propagation problem in a vertically nonhomogeneous medium is well-posed. We show that the regular part of the solution is an L ₂ function and the inverse problem, i.e., the determination of the reflection coefficient, is thus reducible to minimizing the error functional. The gradient of the functional is obtained in explicit form from the conjugate problem, and approximate formulas for its evaluation are derived. A regularization algorithm for the solution of the inverse problem is considered; simulation results using various excitation sources are reported.     

Integral characteristics in the inverse problem of vertical electrosensing

We show that the integral transverse resistance of a stratified medium is stably defined in the inverse vertical electosensing problem. We propose a new T-method for solving this inverse problem. Bibliography: 2 titles. Translated fromProblemy Matematicheskoi Fiziki, 1998, pp. 90–95.     

Optimization of the thermostressed state of piecewise homogeneous glass shells of revolution during thermal processing

We propose a physico-mathematical model and state a problem of stress-optimization of regimes for heating thin piecewise homogeneous glass shells of revolution with given ranges of admissible temperature and stress values by means of an optimal choice of temperature for the surrounding medium. To solve the problem we apply the method of local variations with a specially chosen initial value of the control function and numerical analytic solution of the corresponding direct problem of thermomechanics for the shell in question.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 36, 1992, pp. 52–56.     

Nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problems with partial eigendata

In this paper we consider the inverse problem of constructing an n × n real nonnegative matrix A from the prescribed partial eigendata. We first give the solvability conditions for the inverse problem without the nonnegative constraint and then discuss the associated best approximation problem. To find a nonnegative solution, we reformulate the inverse problem as a monotone complementarity problem and propose a nonsmooth Newton-type method for solving its equivalent nonsmooth equation. Under some mild assumptions, the global and quadratic convergence of our method is established. We also apply our method to the symmetric nonnegative inverse problem and to the cases of prescribed lower bounds and of prescribed entries. Numerical tests demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method and support our theoretical findings.     

Speed-optimized control of heating of a thermoelastic plate with the help of internal heat sources

Speed-optimized control of the heating of a plate with restrictions on the thermal stresses is constructed as a junction of the distribution of internal heat sources by the method of the inverse problem of heat conduction.Translated from Matematicheskie Methody i Fiziko-mekhanicheskie Polya, No. 26, pp. 55–59, 1987.     

Sufficient conditions for time optimal heating of rigid bodies by internal heat sources

We derive sufficient conditions for the time optimality of the control of heating of rigid bodies by internal heat sources under constraints on phase coordinates. We numerically solve the optimal-control problem in the case of heating of an unbounded plats with constraints on temperature and thermoelastic stresses.Translated from Matematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, No. 25, pp. 56–60, 1987.     

On the dynamic solution of an operator inverse problem

We exhibit an algorithm for solving an operator inverse problem that is stable under informational noise and computational errors. The algorithm is based on the constructions of the theory of positional control and Tikhonov's regularization method (the smoothing functional method). Bibliography: 15 titles. Translated fromProblemy Matematicheskoi Fiziki, 1998, pp. 28–35.     

Uniqueness and stability in determining the speed of propagation of second-order hyperbolic equation with variable coefficients

One of the basic inverse problems in an anisotropic media is the determination of coefficients in a bounded domain with a single measurement. We consider the problem of finding the coefficient of the second derivatives in a second-order hyperbolic equation with variable coefficients.

Under a weak regularity assumption and a geometrical condition on the metric, we prove the uniqueness in a multidimensional hyperbolic inverse problem with a single measurement. Moreover we show that our uniqueness results yield the Lipschitz stability estimate in L ² space for solution to the inverse problem under consideration.     

The Inverse Problem of Simultaneous Determination of the Two Time-Dependent Lower Coefficients in a Nondivergent Parabolic Equation in the Plane

We prove existence and uniqueness theorems for the solution of the inverse problem of simultaneous determination of the t-dependent coefficients of u and u_x in a nondivergent parabolic equation with two independent variables from integral observation of x. Estimates of the maxima of the moduli of these coefficients with constants explicitly expressed in terms of the input data of the problem are given. An example of an inverse problem to which the proved theorems apply is presented.

     

On an inverse problem of sorbtion dynamics with nonlinear flow velocity

In the present paper we study the inverse problem of determining a sorbtion isotherm from the output dynamic curve for the mathematical model that describes the sorbtion process in the case of a nonlinear flow velocity. We prove a uniqueness theorem for the solution of this inverse problem and propose a stable method of solving the inverse problem based on the use of a priori information on the solution. We construct the gradient of the discrepancy. We study the stability and convergence of the difference scheme that approximates the direct problem. We give the results of a computational experiment. Two figures. Bibliography: 12 titles. Translated fromMetody Matematicheskogo Modelirovaniya, 1998, pp. 142–150.     

The inverse optimal value problem

This paper considers the following inverse optimization problem: given a linear program, a desired optimal objective value, and a set of feasible cost vectors, determine a cost vector such that the corresponding optimal objective value of the linear program is closest to the desired value. The above problem, referred here as the inverse optimal value problem, is significantly different from standard inverse optimization problems that involve determining a cost vector for a linear program such that a pre-specified solution vector is optimal. In this paper, we show that the inverse optimal value problem is NP-hard in general. We identify conditions under which the problem reduces to a concave maximization or a concave minimization problem. We provide sufficient conditions under which the associated concave minimization problem and, correspondingly, the inverse optimal value problem is polynomially solvable. For the case when the set of feasible cost vectors is polyhedral, we describe an algorithm for the inverse optimal value problem based on solving linear and bilinear programming problems. Some preliminary computational experience is reported.Mathematics Subject Classification (1999):49N45, 90C05, 90C25, 90C26, 90C31, 90C60Acknowledgement This research has been supported in part by the National Science Foundation under CAREER Award DMII-0133943. The authors thank two anonymous reviewers for valuable comments.