Ebook: System Modeling and Optimization: Proceedings of the 10th IFIP Conference New York City, USA, August 31 – September 4, 1981

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Computational problems in magnetic fusion research....Pages 1-19
A simple model of a capital stock in equilibrium with the technology and the preferences....Pages 20-31
Some numerical problems arising from linear systems....Pages 32-41
Optimal shape design for elliptic systems....Pages 42-66
Urban systems analysis and urban policy....Pages 67-76
On the treatment of chronic forms of a disease according to a mathematical model....Pages 77-87
The applicability of the Hamilton-Jacobi verification technique....Pages 88-94
Stationary deterministic flows in discrete systems : I....Pages 95-107
Recent trends of the optimal control for stochastic distributed parameter systems....Pages 108-120
Models in the policy process: Past, present, and future....Pages 121-148
A ritz-type approach to the calculation of optimal control for nonlinear, dynamic systems....Pages 149-157
On lower closure and lower semicontinuity in the existence theory for optimal control....Pages 158-164
A discrete maximum principle concerning the optimal cost of deterministic control problems....Pages 165-173
On the computational complexity of clustering and related problems....Pages 174-182
The application of vector minimisation techniques in the analysis of multiloop nonlinear feedback systems....Pages 183-192
Singular steady state LQG problems: Estimation and optimization....Pages 193-201
On a general method for solving time-optimal linear control problems....Pages 202-208
Periodic solutions of discrete matrix Riccati equations with constant coefficient matrices....Pages 209-217
A new scheme for discrete implicit observer and controller....Pages 218-226
Reachable sets and generalized bang-bang principle for linear control systems....Pages 227-233
Periodicity in optimal control and differential games....Pages 234-240
Reduced approximations in parameter identification of hereditary systems....Pages 241-249
The smoothing problem — a state space recursive computational approach: Applications to econometric time series with trends and seasonalities....Pages 250-257
On observability and unbiased estimation of nonlinear systems....Pages 258-266
An accelerated experimental design algorithm....Pages 267-275
A robustized maximum entropy approach to system identification....Pages 276-284
A problem of bilinear control in nonlinear coupled distributed parameter reactor systems....Pages 285-292
Optimum maneuvers of a supercruiser....Pages 293-301
Application of constrained constant optimal output feedback to modern flight control synthesis....Pages 302-310
Advanced control laws for experiments in fast rollout and turnoff of the B737-100 aircraft....Pages 311-317
Numerical simulation of an alloy solidification problem....Pages 318-325
The threshold problem for a FitzHugh-Nagumo system....Pages 326-331
Optimal design of a thermal diffuser with minimum weight....Pages 332-339
Differential inclusions with multivalued boundary conditions....Pages 340-348
On the optimal value function of optimization problems....Pages 349-353
Finite element approximation of time optimal control problems for parabolic equations with Dirichelt boundary conditions....Pages 354-361
Dirichlet boundary control problems for parabolic equations with quadratic cost: Analyticity and riccati's feedback synthesis....Pages 362-365
Optimization in banach spaces of systems involving convex processes....Pages 366-373
A decomposition algorithm for a second order elliptic operator using asymptotic expansions....Pages 374-383
On the semi group approach for ergodic problems of optimal stopping....Pages 384-392
The principal eigenvalue of a transport operator — an asymptotic expansion....Pages 393-400
Shape sensitivity analysis for variational inequalities....Pages 401-407
A cautious time-optimal control algorithm for stochastic control systems with additional boundary constraints....Pages 408-416
On linear-quadratic-Gaussian control of systems with uncertain statistics....Pages 417-423
A liapunov-like criterion and a first passage-time problems in non-linear stochastic systems....Pages 424-432
Stability analtsis for large scale stochastic systems....Pages 433-440
Algorithms for some simple infinite dimensional linear programs....Pages 441-449
Entropy optimization via entropy projections....Pages 450-454
Resolution of a quadratic combinatorial problem by dynamic programming....Pages 455-464
The structure and computation of solutions to continuous linear programs....Pages 465-472
The Bayesian approach to global optimization....Pages 473-481
An optimization model for energy saving in the heating of buildings....Pages 482-489
An optimal dispatching strategy for vehicles in a transportation system....Pages 490-499
Asynchronous parallel search in global optimization problems....Pages 500-507
A class of methods for the solution of optimization problems with inequalities....Pages 508-519
A probabilistic approach to the minimization of stochastic functions by sequential, near-conjugate sampling....Pages 520-528
Extensions to subroutine VFO2AD....Pages 529-538
On globally stabalized quasi-Newton methods for inequality constrained optimization problems....Pages 539-547
Quasi-newton methods for a class of nonsmooth constrained optimization problems....Pages 548-556
Probabilistic analysis of the solution of the knapsack problem....Pages 557-565
A linear time algorithm to minimize maximum lateness for the two-machine, unit-time, job-shop, scheduling problem....Pages 566-571
An approximate solution for the problem of optimizing the plotter pen movement....Pages 572-580
Optimal control with constrained binary sequences....Pages 581-587
Generalized augmenting paths for the solution of combinatorial optimization problems....Pages 588-595
A versatile interconnection pattern laid on O(n) area....Pages 596-604
Rank, clique and chromatic number of a graph....Pages 605-611
Extensions of some two-dimensional bin packing algorithms....Pages 612-620
Optimization in hierarchical setting of a simple world industrialization model....Pages 621-629
Long term nuclear scheduling in the French power system....Pages 630-639
Prediction of socio-economic policy: Information gain by interactive decision activities....Pages 640-645
Quality assurance specifications for time dependent aerometric data....Pages 646-655
Labor market implications of technical change in a multi-regional multi-sectoral system....Pages 656-662
Functional sensitivity analysis of mathematical models....Pages 663-670
On the role of the impulse fixed cost in stochastic optimal control. An application to the management of energy production....Pages 671-679
Water distribution network self-tuning control....Pages 680-689
Conflicts over north sea oil profits and macro-economic policy....Pages 690-696
The gathering of a commodity through a periodic marketing ring....Pages 697-703
Forecasting sectorial outputs under uncertainty....Pages 704-714
Acceptable equilibria in dynamic bargaining games....Pages 715-725
Cyclical taxonomy and large econometric models....Pages 726-734
Antipollution activities in input-output analysis....Pages 735-743
Modelling and control of market penetration....Pages 744-753
Equilibrium advertising in an oligopoly with Nerlove-Arrow advertising dynamics: Existence and stability....Pages 754-761
Applications of advances in nonlinear sensitivity analysis....Pages 762-770
Freeway incident detection based on stochastic dynamic models of traffic variables....Pages 771-776
Identification of synchronous machine parameters for stability models, using synchronizing tests....Pages 777-786
A contribution to the optimal generation schedulling of large hydrothermal power systems....Pages 787-795
Modeling of fourdrinier paper making machines and basis weight control....Pages 796-804
Phase frequency approximation in system model reduction....Pages 805-813
Control applications in analyzing transportation system performance under dynamic constraints....Pages 814-818
To the temporal aggregation in discrete dynamical systems....Pages 819-825
Graphical techniques used for a dynamic chemical process simulation....Pages 826-833
Scheduling maintenance operations which cause age-dependent failure rate changes....Pages 834-840
Optimal maintenance policy and sale date for a machine with random deterioration and subject to random catastrophic failure....Pages 841-849
Analysis of a distribution transformer inventory system....Pages 850-859
Experimental, analytical and computational study of a simplified maximal height jump....Pages 860-868
An innovations approach to cardiac hemodynamics modeling....Pages 869-877
Modelization of a multiprocessor architecture....Pages 878-887
A new method to handle the left-recursions for top-down parsing in compiler design....Pages 888-891
Back Matter....Pages -

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Computational problems in magnetic fusion research....Pages 1-19
A simple model of a capital stock in equilibrium with the technology and the preferences....Pages 20-31
Some numerical problems arising from linear systems....Pages 32-41
Optimal shape design for elliptic systems....Pages 42-66
Urban systems analysis and urban policy....Pages 67-76
On the treatment of chronic forms of a disease according to a mathematical model....Pages 77-87
The applicability of the Hamilton-Jacobi verification technique....Pages 88-94
Stationary deterministic flows in discrete systems : I....Pages 95-107
Recent trends of the optimal control for stochastic distributed parameter systems....Pages 108-120
Models in the policy process: Past, present, and future....Pages 121-148
A ritz-type approach to the calculation of optimal control for nonlinear, dynamic systems....Pages 149-157
On lower closure and lower semicontinuity in the existence theory for optimal control....Pages 158-164
A discrete maximum principle concerning the optimal cost of deterministic control problems....Pages 165-173
On the computational complexity of clustering and related problems....Pages 174-182
The application of vector minimisation techniques in the analysis of multiloop nonlinear feedback systems....Pages 183-192
Singular steady state LQG problems: Estimation and optimization....Pages 193-201
On a general method for solving time-optimal linear control problems....Pages 202-208
Periodic solutions of discrete matrix Riccati equations with constant coefficient matrices....Pages 209-217
A new scheme for discrete implicit observer and controller....Pages 218-226
Reachable sets and generalized bang-bang principle for linear control systems....Pages 227-233
Periodicity in optimal control and differential games....Pages 234-240
Reduced approximations in parameter identification of hereditary systems....Pages 241-249
The smoothing problem — a state space recursive computational approach: Applications to econometric time series with trends and seasonalities....Pages 250-257
On observability and unbiased estimation of nonlinear systems....Pages 258-266
An accelerated experimental design algorithm....Pages 267-275
A robustized maximum entropy approach to system identification....Pages 276-284
A problem of bilinear control in nonlinear coupled distributed parameter reactor systems....Pages 285-292
Optimum maneuvers of a supercruiser....Pages 293-301
Application of constrained constant optimal output feedback to modern flight control synthesis....Pages 302-310
Advanced control laws for experiments in fast rollout and turnoff of the B737-100 aircraft....Pages 311-317
Numerical simulation of an alloy solidification problem....Pages 318-325
The threshold problem for a FitzHugh-Nagumo system....Pages 326-331
Optimal design of a thermal diffuser with minimum weight....Pages 332-339
Differential inclusions with multivalued boundary conditions....Pages 340-348
On the optimal value function of optimization problems....Pages 349-353
Finite element approximation of time optimal control problems for parabolic equations with Dirichelt boundary conditions....Pages 354-361
Dirichlet boundary control problems for parabolic equations with quadratic cost: Analyticity and riccati's feedback synthesis....Pages 362-365
Optimization in banach spaces of systems involving convex processes....Pages 366-373
A decomposition algorithm for a second order elliptic operator using asymptotic expansions....Pages 374-383
On the semi group approach for ergodic problems of optimal stopping....Pages 384-392
The principal eigenvalue of a transport operator — an asymptotic expansion....Pages 393-400
Shape sensitivity analysis for variational inequalities....Pages 401-407
A cautious time-optimal control algorithm for stochastic control systems with additional boundary constraints....Pages 408-416
On linear-quadratic-Gaussian control of systems with uncertain statistics....Pages 417-423
A liapunov-like criterion and a first passage-time problems in non-linear stochastic systems....Pages 424-432
Stability analtsis for large scale stochastic systems....Pages 433-440
Algorithms for some simple infinite dimensional linear programs....Pages 441-449
Entropy optimization via entropy projections....Pages 450-454
Resolution of a quadratic combinatorial problem by dynamic programming....Pages 455-464
The structure and computation of solutions to continuous linear programs....Pages 465-472
The Bayesian approach to global optimization....Pages 473-481
An optimization model for energy saving in the heating of buildings....Pages 482-489
An optimal dispatching strategy for vehicles in a transportation system....Pages 490-499
Asynchronous parallel search in global optimization problems....Pages 500-507
A class of methods for the solution of optimization problems with inequalities....Pages 508-519
A probabilistic approach to the minimization of stochastic functions by sequential, near-conjugate sampling....Pages 520-528
Extensions to subroutine VFO2AD....Pages 529-538
On globally stabalized quasi-Newton methods for inequality constrained optimization problems....Pages 539-547
Quasi-newton methods for a class of nonsmooth constrained optimization problems....Pages 548-556
Probabilistic analysis of the solution of the knapsack problem....Pages 557-565
A linear time algorithm to minimize maximum lateness for the two-machine, unit-time, job-shop, scheduling problem....Pages 566-571
An approximate solution for the problem of optimizing the plotter pen movement....Pages 572-580
Optimal control with constrained binary sequences....Pages 581-587
Generalized augmenting paths for the solution of combinatorial optimization problems....Pages 588-595
A versatile interconnection pattern laid on O(n) area....Pages 596-604
Rank, clique and chromatic number of a graph....Pages 605-611
Extensions of some two-dimensional bin packing algorithms....Pages 612-620
Optimization in hierarchical setting of a simple world industrialization model....Pages 621-629
Long term nuclear scheduling in the French power system....Pages 630-639
Prediction of socio-economic policy: Information gain by interactive decision activities....Pages 640-645
Quality assurance specifications for time dependent aerometric data....Pages 646-655
Labor market implications of technical change in a multi-regional multi-sectoral system....Pages 656-662
Functional sensitivity analysis of mathematical models....Pages 663-670
On the role of the impulse fixed cost in stochastic optimal control. An application to the management of energy production....Pages 671-679
Water distribution network self-tuning control....Pages 680-689
Conflicts over north sea oil profits and macro-economic policy....Pages 690-696
The gathering of a commodity through a periodic marketing ring....Pages 697-703
Forecasting sectorial outputs under uncertainty....Pages 704-714
Acceptable equilibria in dynamic bargaining games....Pages 715-725
Cyclical taxonomy and large econometric models....Pages 726-734
Antipollution activities in input-output analysis....Pages 735-743
Modelling and control of market penetration....Pages 744-753
Equilibrium advertising in an oligopoly with Nerlove-Arrow advertising dynamics: Existence and stability....Pages 754-761
Applications of advances in nonlinear sensitivity analysis....Pages 762-770
Freeway incident detection based on stochastic dynamic models of traffic variables....Pages 771-776
Identification of synchronous machine parameters for stability models, using synchronizing tests....Pages 777-786
A contribution to the optimal generation schedulling of large hydrothermal power systems....Pages 787-795
Modeling of fourdrinier paper making machines and basis weight control....Pages 796-804
Phase frequency approximation in system model reduction....Pages 805-813
Control applications in analyzing transportation system performance under dynamic constraints....Pages 814-818
To the temporal aggregation in discrete dynamical systems....Pages 819-825
Graphical techniques used for a dynamic chemical process simulation....Pages 826-833
Scheduling maintenance operations which cause age-dependent failure rate changes....Pages 834-840
Optimal maintenance policy and sale date for a machine with random deterioration and subject to random catastrophic failure....Pages 841-849
Analysis of a distribution transformer inventory system....Pages 850-859
Experimental, analytical and computational study of a simplified maximal height jump....Pages 860-868
An innovations approach to cardiac hemodynamics modeling....Pages 869-877
Modelization of a multiprocessor architecture....Pages 878-887
A new method to handle the left-recursions for top-down parsing in compiler design....Pages 888-891
Back Matter....Pages -
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