| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R., People!["rsquo"]("/content/w26347453h5r5645/xlarge8217.gif") s Republic of China;(2) Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, Baoshan, Shanghai, 200436, Peoples Republic of China;(3) Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R., Peoples Republic of China;(4) Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, Baoshan, Shanghai, 200436, Peoples Republic of China |
strictly pathwise connected domains.
Theoretical properties of the proposed discrete filled function are investigated and a solution algorithm is proposed. Numerical experiments reported in this paper on several test problems with up to 200 variables have demonstrated the applicability and efficiency of the proposed method.