Anisotropic elastodynamics in a half space: An analytic method for polynomial data

An initial boundary value problem for the dynamic system of anisotropic elasticity in a half space is studied in the paper. A novel method of finding an exact solution of this problem for a special polynomial form of initial data and inhomogeneous term of the system is described. On the base of this method the simulation of elastic waves in different homogeneous anisotropic half spaces is implemented.     

A floating-point genetic algorithm for solving the unit commitment problem

This paper proposes a floating-point genetic algorithm (FPGA) to solve the unit commitment problem (UCP). Based on the characteristics of typical load demand, a floating-point chromosome representation and an encoding–decoding scheme are designed to reduce the complexities in handling the minimum up/down time limits. Strategic parameters of the FPGA are characterized in detail, i.e., the evaluation function and its constraints, population size, operation styles of selection, crossover operation and probability, mutation operation and probability. A dynamic combination scheme of genetic operators is formulated to explore and exploit the FPGA in the non-convex solution space and multimodal objective function. Experiment results show that the FPGA is a more effective technique among the various styles of genetic algorithms, which can be applied to the practical scheduling tasks in utility power systems.     

Solving a multiobjective location routing problem with a metaheuristic based on tabu search. Application to a real case in Andalusia

In this work we present a multiobjective location routing problem and solve it with a multiobjective metaheuristic procedure. In this type of problem, we have to locate some plants within a set of possible locations to meet the demands of a number of clients with multiple objectives. This type of model is used to solve a problem with real data in the region of Andalusia (Spain). Thus, we study the location of two incineration plants for the disposal of solid animal waste from some preestablished locations in Andalusia, and design the routes to serve the different slaughterhouses in this region. This must be done while taking into account certain economic objectives (start-up, maintenance, and transport costs) and social objectives (social rejection by towns on the truck routes, maximum risk as an equity criterion, and the negative implications for towns close to the plant).     

等式与界约束非线性优化信赖域算法的全局收敛

§ 1　ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＣｏｎｓｉｄｅｒｔｈｅｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇｎｏｎｌｉｎｅａｒｏｐｔｉｍｉｚａｔｉｏｎｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ :ｍｉｎｉｍｉｚｅｆ(ｘ)ｓｕｂｊｅｃｔｔｏＣ(ｘ) =0 ,　ａ≤ｘ≤ｂ ,( 1 .1 )ｗｈｅｒｅｆ(ｘ) :Ｒｎ→Ｒ ,Ｃ(ｘ) =(ｃ1(ｘ) ,ｃ2 (ｘ) ,...,ｃｍ(ｘ) ) Ｔ:Ｒｎ→Ｒｍ ａｒｅｔｗｉｃｅｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｏｕｓｌｙｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔｉａｂｌｅ,ｍ≤ｎ ,ａ ,ｂ∈Ｒｎ.Ｔｒｕｓｔｒｅｇｉｏｎａｌｇｏｒｉｔｈｍｓａｒｅｖｅｒｙｅｆｆｅｃｔｉｖｅｆｏｒｓｏｌｖｉｎｇｎｏｎｌｉｎｅａｒｏｐｔｉｍｉ…     

A closed-form representation of mixed-integer program value functions

We identify a class of formulas computable in polynomial time such that the functions defined by these formulas are precisely the value functions of mixed-integer programs with rational constraint coefficients.     

Mathematical analysis of investment systems

Investment systems are studied using a framework that emphasize their profiles (the cumulative probability distribution on all the possible percentage gains of trades) and their log return functions (the expected average return per trade in logarithmic scale as a function of the investment size in terms of the percentage of the available capital). The efficiency index for an investment system, defined as the maximum of the log return function, is proposed as a measure to compare investment systems for their intrinsic merit. This efficiency index can be viewed as a generalization of Shannon's information rate for a communication channel. Applications are illustrated.     

求解无线传感器网络路由问题的蚁群最优化算法及其收敛性

首先将无线传感器网络的路由问题转化成求解最小Steiner树问题,然后给出了求解无线传感器网络路由的蚁群优化算法,并对算法的收敛性进行了证明．最后对找到最优解后信息素值的变化进行了分析．即在限制信息素取值的条件下,当迭代次数充分大时,该算法能以任意接近于1的概率找到最优解,并且当最优解找到后,最优树边上的信息素单调增加,而最优解以外边上的信息素在有限步达到最小值．     

Lagrangian Duality in Set-Valued Optimization

In this paper, we study optimization problems where the objective function and the binding constraints are set-valued maps and the solutions are defined by means of set-relations among all the images sets (Kuroiwa, D. in Takahashi, W., Tanaka, T. (eds.) Nonlinear analysis and convex analysis, pp. 221–228, 1999). We introduce a new dual problem, establish some duality theorems and obtain a Lagrangian multiplier rule of nonlinear type under convexity assumptions. A necessary condition and a sufficient condition for the existence of saddle points are given. The authors thank the two referees for valuable comments and suggestions on early versions of the paper. The research of the first author was partially supported by Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain) Project MTM2006-02629 and by Junta de Castilla y León (Spain) Project VA027B06.     

解约束优化问题的QP-free可行域方法

本文利用一个新的分片线性NCP函数提出一个新的可行的QP-free方法解非线性不等式约束优化问题.不同于其他的QP-free方法,这个方法只考虑在工作集中的约束函数,工作集是积极集的一个估计,因此子问题的维数不是满秩的.这个方法可行的并且不需假定严格互补条件、聚点的孤立性得到算法的全局收敛性,并且积极约束函数的梯度不要求线性独立的,其中由拟牛顿法得到的子矩阵不需要求一致正定性.     

Corrected mirror systems with double reflection

We propose objectives consisting of two mirrors with central holes for passage of a light beam. The optical layout ensures multiple reflection of rays from both mirrors. We consider several approaches to calculating the design parameters for which three and four aberrations do not occur. The objectives can be used in optical devices operating in the UV and IR regions of the spectrum. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 267–270, March–April, 2007.