System Modelling and Optimization: Proceedings of the 16th IFIP-TC7 Conference, Compiègne, France — July 5–9, 1993

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Solution methods in stochastic programming....Pages 1-22
Some uses of optimization for studying the control of animal movement....Pages 23-41
Deterministic sampling and optimization....Pages 42-54
Parallel search algorithms for discrete optimization problems....Pages 55-69
Min-max game theory for partial differential equations with boundary/point control and disturbance. An abstract approach....Pages 70-89
Stochastic differential games in economic modeling....Pages 90-108
Stability and sensitivity analysis of solutions to infinite-dimensional optimization problems....Pages 109-127
Approximate controllability for some nonlinear parabolic problems....Pages 128-143
An approach to variable metric bundle methods....Pages 144-162
Perturbation of stationary solutions in semi-infinite optimization....Pages 163-176
A descent method with relaxation type step....Pages 177-186
Projection onto an acute cone and convex feasibility problem....Pages 187-194
A numerical approach to the design of masonry structures....Pages 195-205
Nonmonotone conjugate gradient methods for optimization....Pages 206-214
Barrier-newton methods in mathematical programming....Pages 215-224
Stable multipoint secant methods with released requirements to points position....Pages 225-236
Dikin's algorithm for matrix linear programming problems....Pages 237-247
A variational principle and a fixed point theorem....Pages 248-257
On global search based on global optimality conditions....Pages 259-267
Genetic simulated annealing for floorplan design....Pages 268-277
Applications of simulated annealing to district heating network design and extension, to CMOS circuits sizing and to filter bank design....Pages 278-285
Gale's feasibility theorem on network flows and a bargaining set for cooperative TU games....Pages 287-297
One approach to allocating the damage to environment....Pages 298-304
Local vector optimization within a configuration process....Pages 305-312
Stochastic extrema, splitting random elements and models of crack formation....Pages 313-319
Stochastic optimization algorithms for regenerative deds....Pages 320-331
Stochastic dynamic optimization: Modelling and methodological aspects....Pages 332-341
Modelling, control and optimization of mechanical systems with open chains in robotics....Pages 343-354
A new approach to solving algebraic systems by means of sub-definite models....Pages 355-364
Use of convex analysis for the modelling of biochemical reaction systems....Pages 365-374
Robust survival model as an optimization problem....Pages 375-382
Maximum-volume ellipsoids contained in bounded convex sets: Application to batch and on-line parameter bounding....Pages 383-392
Optimal identification of the flotation process....Pages 393-401
Computer model for simulating control of the water and electrolyte state in the human body....Pages 402-411
Subcutaneous insulin absorption model for parameter estimation from time-course of plasma insulin....Pages 412-421
Duality and optimality conditions for infinite dimensional optimization problems....Pages 423-436
Solution differentiability for parametric nonlinear control problems with inequality constraints....Pages 437-446
Spectral idempotent analysis and estimates of the Bellman function....Pages 447-455
Boundary value problems for stationary Hamilton-Jacobi and Bellman equations....Pages 456-465
Optimal, piecewise constant control with bounded number of discontinuities....Pages 466-474
Observers for polynomial vector fields of odd degree....Pages 475-478
Algorithm for solution of optimization problems under multiple scenarios of uncontrolled inputs....Pages 479-490
Optimization of the stage separation and the flight path of a future launch vehicle....Pages 491-500
A real-time optimal control algorithm for water treatment plants....Pages 501-510
Strongly time consistent optimality principles for the game with discount payoffs....Pages 511-520
The detection probabilities in simultaneous pursuit games....Pages 521-526
The α-core of the positional differential cooperative game....Pages 527-537
Generalized Bellman-Hamilton-Jacobi equations for piecewise deterministic Markov processes....Pages 539-550
An application of impulse control method to target zone problem....Pages 551-559
Optimal strategy in a trading problem with stochastic prices....Pages 560-566
Evaluating welfare losses due to the use of approximated stochastic optimal control algorithms: An application to the banca d'italia quarterly model....Pages 567-576
Unique continuation mizohata theorem and inverse problems for heat equations....Pages 577-589
Identification of parameters in non linear problems with missing data. Application to the identification of pollutions in a river....Pages 590-599
Boundary condition identification from noisy pointwise measurements for elliptic distributed parameter systems....Pages 600-611
Inverse 2D phase change problem....Pages 612-623
A Lagrangian algorithm for state constrained boundary control problems....Pages 624-633
Duality for nonconvex optimal control problems governed by parabolic, periodical systems in complex hilbert spaces. Necessary and sufficient optimality conditions....Pages 634-641
Exact controllability of the wave equation in a polygonal domain with cracks by acting on a neighbourhood of the boundary....Pages 642-651
Optimal control problems of quasilinear parabolic equations....Pages 652-659
Characterization of controllability via a regular function: Example of the vibrating string....Pages 660-669
Numerical methods to compute sentinels for parabolic systems with an application to source terms identification....Pages 670-679
Optimal periodic control for distributed-parameter systems via reduced gradient methods....Pages 680-689
Adomian's method applied to identification and optimal control problems....Pages 690-697
A remark on stabilization of the SCOLE model with an a priori bounded boundary control....Pages 698-705
Nonlinear boundary stabilization of a von kármán plate via bending moments only....Pages 706-715
Design of a feedback controller for wave generators in a canal using H ∞ methods....Pages 716-726
Shape optimization of nonlinear contact problems with prescribed friction....Pages 727-736
A modified benders' decomposition technique for solving large scale unit commitment problems....Pages 737-745
Development of a mixed integer programming model for the optimal recycling of demolition waste....Pages 746-755
On the L-structure of integer linear programming problems....Pages 756-760
An artificial neural network approach for nonlinear optimization with discrete design variables....Pages 761-770
Optimizing the structure of a partitioned population....Pages 771-782
The minimization of resource costs in scheduling independent tasks with fixed completion time....Pages 783-794
A stochastic scheduling problem issued from iron and steel industry : Some results....Pages 795-804
A decision aid tool for deliveries planning in a cement plant....Pages 805-810
An estimation of energy saving potential by the allocation of co-generation systems....Pages 811-820
Automatic lay planning for irregular shapes on plain fabric. Search in direct graph and A ɛ ɛ -admissible resolution....Pages 821-832
An algorithm for finding the chebyshev center of a convex polyhedron....Pages 833-844
Zonohedra, zonoids and mixtures management....Pages 845-854
k-violation linear programming....Pages 855-862
Evaluation of telecommunication network performances....Pages 863-874
Nonlinear multicommodity network flows through primal partitioning and comparison with alternative methods....Pages 875-884
A flow network model based on information, and its stability: An application to ecological systems....Pages 885-894
Super low frequency response of water distribution networks with application....Pages 895-904
A marginal-value approach to airline origin & destination revenue management....Pages 905-917
Sensitivity analysis for degradable transportation systems....Pages 918-927
Convergence and optimality of two-step algorithms for public transportation system optimization....Pages 928-937
A mathematical formulation of reliability optimized design....Pages 939-950
An efficient method for probability evaluation of a fault-tree....Pages 951-956
Optimal strategies for the preventive maintenance of real-time repairable systems....Pages 957-966
Simulation of structural members taking into account the material distribution an the correlation....Pages 967-976
Back Matter....Pages 977-980