In this study, model predictive control (MPC) of large-scale sewage systems is addressed, considering several inherent continuous/discrete phenomena (overflows in sewers and tanks) and elements (weirs) in the system. ...
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In this study, model predictive control (MPC) of large-scale sewage systems is addressed, considering several inherent continuous/discrete phenomena (overflows in sewers and tanks) and elements (weirs) in the system. This fact results in distinct behaviour depending on the dynamic state (flow/volume) of the network. These behaviours cannot be neglected nor can be modelled by a pure linear representation. In order to take into account these phenomena and elements in the design of the control strategy, a modelling approach based on piece-wise linearfunctions (PWLF) is proposed and compared against a hybrid modelling approach previously suggested by the authors. Control performance results and associated computation times of the closed-loop scheme considering both modelling approaches are compared by using a real case study based on the Barcelona sewer network. Results have shown an important reduction in the computation time when the PWLF-based model is used, with an acceptable suboptimality level in the closed-loop system performance.
In this paper, the Pareto solution set of a piecewiselinear multiobjective optimization problem in a normed space is shown to be the union of finitely many semiclosed polyhedra. If the problem is further assumed to b...
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In this paper, the Pareto solution set of a piecewiselinear multiobjective optimization problem in a normed space is shown to be the union of finitely many semiclosed polyhedra. If the problem is further assumed to be cone-convex, then it has the global weak sharp minimum property.
This paper suggests a method of approximating the solution of minimization problems for convex functions of several variables under convex constraints is suggested. The main idea of this approach is the approximation ...
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This paper suggests a method of approximating the solution of minimization problems for convex functions of several variables under convex constraints is suggested. The main idea of this approach is the approximation of a convex function by a piecewiselinear function, which results in replacing the problem of convex programming by a linear programming problem. To carry out such an approximation, the epigraph of a convex function is approximated by the projection of a polytope of greater dimension. In the first part of the paper, the problem is considered for functions of one variable. In this case, an algorithm for approximating the epigraph of a convex function by a polygon is presented, it is shown that this algorithm is optimal with respect to the number of vertices of the polygon, and exact bounds for this number are obtained. After this, using an induction procedure, the algorithm is generalized to certain classes of functions of several variables. Applying the suggested method, polynomial algorithms for an approximate calculation of the L(p)-norm of a matrix and of the minimum of the entropy function on a polytope are obtained.
It is assumed in the standard DEA model that the aggregate output (input) is a pure linear function of each output (input). This means, for example, that if DMU j(1) generates twice as much of an output as does anothe...
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It is assumed in the standard DEA model that the aggregate output (input) is a pure linear function of each output (input). This means, for example, that if DMU j(1) generates twice as much of an output as does another DMUj(2),, then the former is credited with having created twice as much value. In many situations, however, linear pricing (mu(r)y(rj)) may not adequately reflect differences in value created from one DMU to another. In this paper, a generalization of the DEA methodology is presented that incorporates piecewise linear functions of factors. We deal specifically with those situations where for certain outputs in an input-oriented model, the weight function f(y(rj)) is described by either a non-increasing or non-decreasing set of multipliers for larger amounts of the factor. We refer to such a variable r as exhibiting diminishing marginal value (DMV) or increasing marginal value (IMV). The DMV/IMV phenomenon is common in many for-profit applications. For example, in the case that y(rj) is the amount of a consumer product r generated by DMU j, and mu(r) is the price of that product, it may well be that the market will force lower prices if greater amounts of that product are generated;discounts automatically lead to this DMV situation. Such a phenomenon can arise as well in not-for-profit settings, and we examine such a situation based on earlier work by Cook et al. [Cook, W.D., Roll, Y., Kazakov, A., 1990. A DEA model for measuring the relative efficiency of highway maintenance patrols. INFOR 28 (2), 113-124]. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Generalizations of the well-known simplex method for linear programming are available to solve the piecewiselinear programming problem and the linear fractional programming problem. In this paper we consider a furthe...
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Generalizations of the well-known simplex method for linear programming are available to solve the piecewiselinear programming problem and the linear fractional programming problem. In this paper we consider a further generalization of the simplex method to solve piecewiselinear fractional programming problems unifying the simplex method for linear programs, piecewiselinear programs, and the linear fractional programs. Computational results are presented to obtain further insights into the behavior of the algorithm on random test problems. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
The nonlinear identification of a nominal model as well as the uncertainty bounds of a magnetic suspension system is developed. This system has a nonsymmetric dynamic behavior;it has an undershoot but not an overshoot...
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The nonlinear identification of a nominal model as well as the uncertainty bounds of a magnetic suspension system is developed. This system has a nonsymmetric dynamic behavior;it has an undershoot but not an overshoot. The proposed model structure is a cascade of a global linear fuzzy dynamic block followed by a piecewiselinear function. This model structure allows a proper identification of the system dynamic and a tight description of the uncertainties. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A dual phase-1 algorithm for the simplex method that handles all types of variables is presented. In each iteration it maximizes a piecewiselinear function of dual infeasibilities in order to make the largest possibl...
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A dual phase-1 algorithm for the simplex method that handles all types of variables is presented. In each iteration it maximizes a piecewiselinear function of dual infeasibilities in order to make the largest possible step towards dual feasibility with a selected outgoing variable. The algorithm can be viewed as a generalization of traditional phase-1 procedures. It is based on the multiple use of the expensively computed pivot row. By small amount of extra work per iteration, the progress it can make is equivalent to many iterations of the traditional method. While this is its most important feature, it possesses some additional favorable properties, namely, it can be efficient in coping with degeneracy and numerical difficulties. Both theoretical and computational issues are addressed. Some computational experience is also reported which shows that the potentials of the method can materialize on real world problems.
Let S denote the Stromberg wavelet in L-2(R) and P-s,P-n (s is an element of Z, n is an element of Z boolean OR {infinity}), the orthogonal projection onto the space spanned by the functions 2(r/2) S(2(r)t - m), where...
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Let S denote the Stromberg wavelet in L-2(R) and P-s,P-n (s is an element of Z, n is an element of Z boolean OR {infinity}), the orthogonal projection onto the space spanned by the functions 2(r/2) S(2(r)t - m), where r less than or equal to s, m < n + 1 (i.e. P-s,P-n are partial sums for the orthonormal wavelet basis generated by S). We show that the maximum of the norms of the extensions of the operators P-s,P-n onto L-infinity (R) is equal to 2 + (2 - root3)(2). (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
An approach to generating all efficient solutions for multiple objective programs with piecewiselinear objective functions and linear constraints is presented. The approach is based on the decomposition of the feasib...
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This article revises and improves on a Dual Type Method (DTM), developed by Prekopa. (Prekopa, A. (1990). Dual method for the solution of a one-stage stochastic programming problem with random RHS obeying a discrete p...
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This article revises and improves on a Dual Type Method (DTM), developed by Prekopa. (Prekopa, A. (1990). Dual method for the solution of a one-stage stochastic programming problem with random RHS obeying a discrete probability distribution, ZOR-Methods and Models of Operations Research , 34 , 441-461), in two ways. The first one allows us, in each iteration, to perform the largest step toward the optimum. The second one consists of exploiting the structure of the working basis , which has to be inverted in each iteration, and updating its inverse in product form, as it is usual in case of the standard dual method. The improved method has been implemented. A report on its performance on the solution of some stochastic programming problems is also presented.
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