Volume 3, Number 10A, October 2012 (Special Issue on Optimization)

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Reactive Search Optimization; Application to Multiobjective Optimization Problems

Amir Mosavi, Atieh Vaezipour

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330217  5,540 Downloads  9,006 Views   Citations

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Multigrid One-Shot Method for PDE-Constrained Optimization Problems

Subhendu Bikash Hazra

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330216  3,548 Downloads  5,762 Views   Citations

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Empirical Review of Standard Benchmark Functions Using Evolutionary Global Optimization

Johannes M. Dieterich, Bernd Hartke

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330215  5,307 Downloads  8,823 Views   Citations

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Advancing the Backtrack Optimization Technique to Obtain Forecasts of Potential Crisis Periods

E. G. Lisgara, G. I. Karolidis, G. S. Androulakis

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330214  5,840 Downloads  8,088 Views   Citations

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Harmony Search and Cellular Automata in Spatial Optimization

Epaminondas Sidiropoulos

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330213  3,228 Downloads  5,463 Views   Citations

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Optimization of Geometry at Hartree-Fock level Using the Generalized Simulated Annealing

Luiz Augusto Carvalho Malbouisson, Antonio Moreira de Cerqueira Sobrinho, Marco Antônio Chear Nascimento, Miceal Dias de Andrade

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330212  5,003 Downloads  7,323 Views   Citations

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Optimization of Extrusion Process for Producing High Antioxidant Instant Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.) Flour Using Response Surface Methodology

Jorge Milán-Carrillo, Alvaro Montoya-Rodríguez, Roberto Gutiérrez-Dorado, Xiomara Perales-Sánchez, Cuauhtémoc Reyes-Moreno

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330211  5,281 Downloads  9,214 Views   Citations

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Portfolio Selection under Condition of Variable Weights

Reza Keykhaei, Mohammad Taghi Jahandideh

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330210  3,953 Downloads  5,929 Views   Citations

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An Implementation Method for the Geodesics with Constraints on Heisenberg Manifolds

Yasmina Khellaf, Naceurdine Bensalem

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330209  3,238 Downloads  5,327 Views   Citations

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Dynamic Optimization of Bioprocesses

George Koumpouras, Cleo Kontoravdi

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330208  5,349 Downloads  7,947 Views   Citations

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Parameters Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms in Support Vector Regression for Sales Volume Forecasting

Fong-Ching Yuan

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330207  5,396 Downloads  8,823 Views   Citations

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Non-Frobenius Spectrum-Transformation Method

Albert Iskhakov, Vladimir Pospelov, Sergey Skovpen

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330206  4,419 Downloads  6,213 Views   Citations

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Efficient Numerical Optimization Algorithm Based on New Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm, AREX + JGG, and Application to the Inverse Problem in Systems Biology

Asako Komori, Yukihiro Maki, Masahiko Nakatsui, Isao Ono, Masahiro Okamoto

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330205  5,044 Downloads  8,096 Views   Citations

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Comparison of Alternative Strategies for Multilevel Optimization of Hierarchical Systems

Saber DorMohammadi, Masoud Rais-Rohani

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330204  4,765 Downloads  7,134 Views   Citations

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A Collaborative Approach for LA-DHBMO

Vahid Azadehgan, Payam Khanteimouri, Sorayya Akbari, Niusha Ghandehari

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330203  3,873 Downloads  6,045 Views   Citations

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Artificial Searching Swarm Algorithm and Its Performance Analysis

Tanggong Chen, Wang Guo, Zhijian Gao

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330202  3,393 Downloads  5,562 Views   Citations

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Optimization of Quantizer’s Segment Threshold Using Spline Approximations for Optimal Compressor Function

Lazar Velimirović, Zoran Perić, Miomir Stanković, Jelena Nikolić

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330201  3,435 Downloads  5,407 Views   Citations

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A Modified Centered Climbing Algorithm for Linear Programming

Ming-Fang Ding, Yanqun Liu, John Anthony Gear

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330200  3,706 Downloads  5,918 Views   Citations

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An Application of the Maximum Theorem in Multi-Criteria Optimization, Properties of Pareto-Retract Mappings, and the Structure of Pareto Sets

Zdravko Dimitrov Slavov, Christina Slavova Evans

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330199  4,566 Downloads  6,894 Views   Citations

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A New Lagrangian Multiplier Method on Constrained Optimization

You-Lin Shang, Sheng-Li Guo, Xiang-Yi Jiang

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330198  4,608 Downloads  7,567 Views   Citations

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Using of Particle Swarm for Performance Optimization of Helicopter Rotor Blades

Giorgio Guglieri

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330197  4,392 Downloads  6,862 Views   Citations

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Solution Concepts and New Optimality Conditions in Bilevel Multiobjective Programming

Francisque Fouodji Dedzo, Laure Pauline Fotso, Calice Olivier Pieume

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330196  4,306 Downloads  6,728 Views   Citations

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Optimal Policies for Managing Invasive Species under Uncertainty

C. S. Kim, Marcel Aillery, Jan Lewandrowski, SeungGyu Kim

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330195  3,895 Downloads  5,942 Views   Citations

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A Parallel Algorithm for Global Optimization Problems in a Distribuited Computing Environment

Marco Gaviano, Daniela Lera, Elisabetta Mereu

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330194  4,590 Downloads  6,776 Views   Citations

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Robust Optimum Design of Thrust Hydrodynamic Bearings for Hard Disk Drives

Hiromu Hashimoto, Yuta Sunami

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330193  5,508 Downloads  11,094 Views   Citations

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Hybrid Extragradient-Type Methods for Finding a Common Solution of an Equilibrium Problem and a Family of Strict Pseudo-Contraction Mappings

Pham Ngoc Anh, Tran Dinh Quoc, Dang Xuan Son

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330192  4,176 Downloads  6,508 Views   Citations

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Analysis of Ringing and Noise in FE and FDTD Calculated Acoustic Pulse Profiles

Arthur Every, Laurent Aebi, Jurg Dual

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330191  4,053 Downloads  5,957 Views   Citations

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On the Stable Sequential Kuhn-Tucker Theorem and Its Applications

Mikhail I. Sumin

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330190  4,315 Downloads  6,535 Views   Citations

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A Fixed Point Method for Convex Systems

Morteza Kimiaei, Farzad Rahpeymaii

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330189  4,318 Downloads  6,570 Views   Citations

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Infinite Horizon LQ Zero-Sum Stochastic Differential Games with Markovian Jumps

Huai-Nian Zhu, Cheng-Ke Zhang, Ning Bin

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330188  3,264 Downloads  5,299 Views   Citations

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Modified Piyavskii’s Global One-Dimensional Optimization of a Differentiable Function

Rachid Ellaia, Mohamed Zeriab Es-Sadek, Hasnaa Kasbioui

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330187  3,281 Downloads  5,635 Views   Citations

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Optimization of Osmotic Drying Parameters for Button Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)

Birendra Kumar Mehta, Sanjay Kumar Jain, Gyanendra Prakash Sharma, Vishvambhar Dayal Mudgal, Radha Charan Verma, Anila Doshi, Hemant Kumar Jain

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330186  3,972 Downloads  7,001 Views   Citations

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Water Supply and Demand Sensitivities of Linear Programming Solutions to a Water Allocation Problem

Konstantine P. Georgakakos

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330185  5,342 Downloads  9,882 Views   Citations

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Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization Based Local Search for Reactive Power Compensation Problem

Abd Allah A. Mousa, Mohamed A. El-Shorbagy

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330184  5,216 Downloads  8,198 Views   Citations

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Performance Comparison of Electromagnetism-Like Algorithms for Global Optimization

Jun-Lin Lin, Chien-Hao Wu, Hsin-Yi Chung

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330183  4,702 Downloads  7,768 Views   Citations

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Mauro: A Novel Strategy for Optimizing Mixture Properties

Sergio Clementi, Mauro Fernandi, Massimo Baroni, Diego Decastri, Giuseppe Marco Randazzo, Fabrizio Scialpi

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330182  3,596 Downloads  5,501 Views   Citations

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An Inexact Restoration Package for Bilevel Programming Problems

Elvio A. Pilotta, Germán A. Torres

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330181  4,689 Downloads  7,437 Views   Citations

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An Interactive Fuzzy Satisficing Method for Multiobjective Stochastic Integer Programming with Simple Recourse

Masatoshi Sakawa, Takeshi Matsui

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330180  5,236 Downloads  7,739 Views   Citations

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Modelling to Generate Alternatives Using Simulation-Driven Optimization: An Application to Waste Management Facility Expansion Planning

Julian Scott Yeomans, Raha Imanirad

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330179  5,893 Downloads  12,544 Views   Citations

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A Genetic Algorithm with Weighted Average Normally-Distributed Arithmetic Crossover and Twinkling

George S. Ladkany, Mohamed B. Trabia

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.330178  4,567 Downloads  7,676 Views   Citations

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Control Approach to Nuclear Safety

Joseph Olorunju Omolehin, Aminu Lukman, Kamilu Rauf

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