Reconstruction of boundary regimes in the inverse problem of thermal convection of a high-viscosity fluid

A problem of reconstruction of boundary regimes in a model for free convection of a high-viscosity fluid is considered. A variational method and a quasi-inversion method are suggested for solving the problem in question. The variational method is based on the reduction of the original inverse problem to some equivalent variational minimum problem for an appropriate objective functional and solving this problem by a gradient method. When realizing the gradient method for finding a minimizing element of the objective functional, an iterative process actually reducing the original problem to a series of direct well-posed problems is organized. For the quasi-inversion method, the original differential model is modified by means of introducing special additional differential terms of higher order with small parameters as coefficients. The new perturbed problem is well-posed; this allows one to solve this problem by standard methods. An appropriate choice of small parameters gives an opportunity to obtain acceptable qualitative and quantitative results in solving the inverse problem. A comparison of the methods suggested for solving the inverse problem is made with the use of model examples.     

Problem difficulty of real instances of convoy planning

Moving men and materials in large numbers and quantities is a long-standing military problem faced by all arms. An important part of this is the routing of convoys so that they reach their correct destinations in the shortest time. The optimization problem at the heart of this problem is referred to as the convoy movement problem. Previous work on the convoy movement problem has made the assumption that the problem is difficult in practice because of the NP-hardness of the problem in combination with the limited success of early approaches based on genetic algorithms. As a result subsequent work has focused on mathematical programming-based methods, principally Lagrangian relaxation. In this paper, we demonstrate that a straightforward reformulation of the problem renders the real-world like instances, used to benchmark previous approaches, amenable to solution by simple heuristics. The main lessons learnt from this work is that analysis of the problem in conjunction with simple algorithms can, in practice, yield surprisingly effective solutions.     

三种新变形的全一问题

该文研究三种新变形的全一问题及最小全一问题. 原始的全一问题可被形象的称为顶点点亮顶点问题, 而这三类新问题则分别被称为顶点点亮边问题,边点亮顶点问题,边点亮边问题. 顶点点亮顶点问题已经得到了广泛的研究. 比如,解的存在性问题和求解的有效算法已经被解决,一般图上的最小顶点点亮顶点问题已经被证明是NP- 完备的,树、单圈图和双圈图上的最小顶点点亮顶点问题的线性时间最优算法也已被给出等. 该文对于顶点点亮边问题,证明一个图有解当且仅当它是二部图,因此只可能有两组解和最优解. 对于边点亮顶点问题,证明一个图有解当且仅当它包含偶数个顶点,并通过将其最优问题多项式变换成最小权的完美匹配问题,得出一般图上的最小边点亮顶点问题可在多项式时间内求解. 边点亮边问题可归约成线图上的顶点点亮顶点问题.     

限制情况下装卸工问题的最优解

装卸工问题是从现代物流技术中提出的一个实际问题,这个问题的雏形早在上个世纪60年代中国科学院数学研究所就提出和研究过.现代物流技术迅速发展,促成和推动装卸工问题的提出和研究.装卸工问题是一个新的NP困难的组合优化问题,首先介绍装卸工问题及限制情况下装卸工问题的数学模型,然后分析限制情况下的装卸工问题的性质,最后给出该问题的所有最优解.     

Characterization of duality for a generalized quasi-equilibrium problem

In this paper, the duality theory of a generalized quasi-equilibrium problem (also called generalized Ky Fan quasi-inequality) is investigated by using the image space approach. Generalized quasi-equilibrium problem is transformed into a minimization problem. The minimization problem is further reformulated as an image problem by virtue of linear/nonlinear separation function. The dual problem of the image problem is constructed in the image space, then zero duality gap between the image problem and its dual problem is derived under saddle point condition as well as the equivalent regular linear/nonlinear separation condition. Finally, some more sufficient conditions guaranteeing zero duality gap are also proposed.     

有资格限制的指派问题的求解方法

在实际的指派工作中，常会遇到某个人有没有资格去承担某项工作的问题，因此，本建立了有资格限制的指派问题的数学模型。在此数学模型中，将效益矩阵转化为判定矩阵，由此给出了判定此种指派问题是否有解的方法；在有解的情况下，进一步将效益矩阵转化为求解矩阵，从而将有资格限制的指派问题化为传统的指派问题来求解。最后给出了一个数值例子来说明这样的处理方法是有效的。     

Solving the optimal control problem of the parabolic PDEs in exploitation of oil

In this paper, the optimal control problem is governed by weak coupled parabolic PDEs and involves pointwise state and control constraints. We use measure theory method for solving this problem. In order to use the weak solution of problem, first problem has been transformed into measure form. This problem is reduced to a linear programming problem. Then we obtain an optimal measure which is approximated by a finite combination of atomic measures. We find piecewise-constant optimal control functions which are an approximate control for the original optimal control problem.     

Notes on the Problem of the Allocation of Resources to Activities in Discrete Quantities

The simple resource allocation problem (also called the distribution of effort problem) is generalized by allowing more than one resource constraint. It is shown that the generalized problem can be reduced to the simple one if the coefficients in the objective function are all unity. In general, however, the problem seems to become much more difficult; the difficulty is evidenced by the failure of the incremental method which is valid for the simple problem, and the NP-hardness of the generalized problem.     

On the complexity of recognizing a class of generalized networks

The problem of determining whether a given linear programming problem can be converted to a generalized network flow problem having no unit-weight cycles is shown to be NP-hard. The same argument also shows that the problem of determining whether a gain matroid is bicircular is NP-hard.     

现代物流技术中装卸工问题的拟多项式时间可解情况

装卸工问题是从现代物流技术中提出的一个实际问题，这个问题的雏形早在上个世纪60年代中国科学院数学研究所就提出和研究过。现代物流业的迅速发展，促成和推动装卸工问题的提出和研究。装卸工问题是一个新的NP困难的组合优化问题，本文研究限制情形下的装卸工问题，并证明是拟多项式时间可解的。     

State-constrained optimal control of nonlinear elliptic variational inequalities

An optimization control problem for systems described by abstract variational inequalities with state constraints is considered. The solvability of this problem is proved. The problem is approximated by the penalty method. The convergence of this method is proved. Necessary conditions of optimality for the approximation problem are obtained. Its solution is an approximate optimal control of the initial problem.     

Continuous quadratic programming formulations of optimization problems on graphs

Four NP-hard optimization problems on graphs are studied: The vertex separator problem, the edge separator problem, the maximum clique problem, and the maximum independent set problem. We show that the vertex separator problem is equivalent to a continuous bilinear quadratic program. This continuous formulation is compared to known continuous quadratic programming formulations for the edge separator problem, the maximum clique problem, and the maximum independent set problem. All of these formulations, when expressed as maximization problems, are shown to follow from the convexity properties of the objective function along the edges of the feasible set. An algorithm is given which exploits the continuous formulation of the vertex separator problem to quickly compute approximate separators. Computational results are given.     

Removal of numerical instability in the solution of an inverse heat conduction problem

In this paper, we consider an inverse heat conduction problem (IHCP). A set of temperature measurements at a single sensor location inside the heat conduction body is required. Using a transformation, the ill-posed IHCP becomes a Cauchy problem. Since the solution of Cauchy problem, exists and is unique but not always stable, the ill-posed problem is closely approximated by a well-posed problem. For this new well-posed problem, the existence, uniqueness, and stability of the solution are proved.     

The Complexity Analysis of the Inverse Center Location Problem

Given a feasible solution, the inverse optimization problem is to modify some parameters of the original problem as little as possible, and sometimes also with bound restrictions on these adjustments, to make the feasible solution become an optimal solution under the new parameter values. So far it is unknown that for a problem which is solvable in polynomial time, whether its inverse problem is also solvable in polynomial time. In this note we answer this question by considering the inverse center location problem and show that even though the original problem is polynomially solvable, its inverse problem is NP–hard.     

Solution of boundary-value problems in the theory of analytic functions of several variables in Vladimirov algebras

A solution is given for the Riemann problem for tubular domains in Vladimirov algebras in closed form by means of an integral representation of Bochner-Vladimirov type which is constructed here. In particular, the Schwartz problem is solved. The statement of the Hilbert problem in Vladimirov algebras is examined and its solution is given by a reduction to the Riemann problem, and in one case by a reduction to the Schwartz problem.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 51–60, July, 1977.     

货运列车的编组调度问题的研究

对于货运列车的编组调度问题,建立了以压缩中时和增加运量为双目标、多约束的0-1规划模型,采用逐步紧缩中时约束的方法得到了问题一的调度方案.在此基础上对装载特别物资的车辆施加更强的中时约束得到了问题二的调度方案.提出了列车匹配系数的概念并建立了列车最优配对原则,根据该原则对列车进行优化编组得到了问题三的调度方案.基于问题二的数据转换处理得到了问题四的调度方案.     

Complexities and algorithms for synchronized scheduling of parallel machine assembly and air transportation in consumer electronics supply chain

In this paper, we study the problem of synchronized scheduling of assembly and air transportation to achieve accurate delivery with minimized cost in consumer electronics supply chain. This problem was motivated by a major PC manufacturer in consumer electronics industry. The overall problem is decomposed into two sub-problems, which consist of an air transportation allocation problem and an assembly scheduling problem. The air transportation allocation problem is formulated as an integer linear programming problem with the objective of minimizing transportation cost and delivery earliness tardiness penalties. The assembly scheduling problem seeks to determine a schedule ensuring that the orders are completed on time and catch the flights such that the waiting penalties between assembly and transportation is minimized. The problem is formulated as a parallel machine scheduling problem with earliness penalties. The computational complexities of the two sub-problems are investigated. The air transportation allocation problem with split delivery is shown to be solvable. The parallel machine assembly scheduling problem is shown to be NP-complete. Simulated annealing based heuristic algorithms are presented to solve the parallel machine problem.     

Optimization of rod antennas of mobile phones

Two types of rod antennas of mobile phones are optimized so that the radiated energy absorbed by the head or body of the user is reduced and the radiation intensity to other areas especially to the receiver is increased. The mathematical modelling of this problem leads to an infinite dimensional bicriterial optimization problem. It is shown that this optimization problem and a discretized version of this problem are solvable. The relationship between the infinite and finite dimensional optimization problem is investigated. Numerical results are presented for mobile phones working with the GSM standards 900 and 1800.     

Strong convergence of difference approximations in the problem of transverse vibrations of thin elastic plates

The problem of transverse vibrations of a thin elastic plate is considered. It is proved that the differential operators of the boundary value problem are regularly elliptic, and weak solutions are estimated. For a previously developed difference method, the solution to the difference problem is proved to converge strongly to a weak solution of the original differential problem and the rate of convergence is estimated.     

The reformulation of two mixed integer programming problems

Two practical problems are described, each of which can be formulated in more than one way as a mixed integer programming problem. The computational experience with two formulations of each problem is given. It is pointed out how in each case a reformulation results in the associated linear programming problem being more constrained. As a result the reformulated mixed integer problem is easier to solve. The problems are a multi-period blending problem and a mining investment problem.