An unconstrained optimization technique for nonsmooth nonlinear complementarity problems.
Derivative-free nonlinear optimization filter simplex
The filter method is a technique for solving nonlinear programming problems. The filter algorithm has two phases in each iteration. The first one reduces a measure of infeasibility, while in the second the objective function value is reduced. In real optimization problems, usually the objective function is not differentiable or its derivatives are unknown. In these cases it becomes essential to use optimization methods where the calculation of the derivatives or the verification of their existence...
Optimization approaches to some problems of building design
Advanced building design is a rather new interdisciplinary research branch, combining knowledge from physics, engineering, art and social science; its support from both theoretical and computational mathematics is needed. This paper shows an example of such collaboration, introducing a model problem of optimal heating in a low-energy house. Since all particular function values, needed for optimization are obtained as numerical solutions of an initial and boundary value problem for a sparse system...
Solving the Two-Dimensional Packing Problem With m-M Calculus
Solving unit commitment problem using modified subgradient method combined with simulated annealing algorithm.
The adaptation of the -means algorithm to solving the multiple ellipses detection problem by using an initial approximation obtained by the DIRECT global optimization algorithm
We consider the multiple ellipses detection problem on the basis of a data points set coming from a number of ellipses in the plane not known in advance, whereby an ellipse is viewed as a Mahalanobis circle with center , radius , and some positive definite matrix . A very efficient method for solving this problem is proposed. The method uses a modification of the -means algorithm for Mahalanobis-circle centers. The initial approximation consists of the set of circles whose centers are determined...