System Modelling and Optimization

Modelling and optimization in system planning in China.- Uncertainty algebra. A linear algebraic submodel of probability theory.- Energy models and energy policy problems.- The essentials of hierarchical control.- New developments in econometric commodity market modeling: A model of the world copper market.- The great recession: A crisis in parameters?.- Analysis and modelling of the development economy in the least developed countries.- Macroeconomic equilibrium with rationing and variable working time.- Continuous-time asset-pricing models: Selected results.- The national investment model - "N.I.M.".- A nonlinear econometric model with bounded controls and an entropy objective.- A model of coal transport management in a rail network.- Decomposition of optimal control in energy minimisation in railway traffic.- Optimal urban bus routing with scheduling flexibilities.- Development of demand-responsive strategies for urban traffic control.- An algorithm for Multiple Choice Knapsack Problem.- Aggregation of equalities in integer programming.- On job-shop sheduling with resources constraints.- Space covering technique for multicriterion optimization.- Lexicographical order, inequality systems and optimization.- Stability of generalized equations and Kuhn-Tucker points of perturbed convex programs.- Duality and stability theorems for convex multifunctional programs.- Parametrizing the value functions in dynamic programming.- A smooth sequential penalty function method for solving nonlinear programming problems.- A class of continuously differentiable exact penalty function algorithms for nonlinear programming problems.- On the effectiveness of the Bayesian nonparametric approach to global optimization.- Convergent cutting planes for linear programs with additional reverseconvex constraints.- A fast Voronoi-diagram algorithm with applications to geographical optimization problems.- Nonlinear optimization by a curvilinear path strategy.- A unified nonlinear programming theory for penalty, multiplier, SQP and GRG methods.- A linearization algorithm for constrained nonsmooth minimization.- Better than linear convergence and safeguarding in nonsmooth minimization.- On three approaches to the construction of nondifferentiable optimization algorithms.- An algorithm for minimizing nondifferentiable convex functions under linear constraints.- On singular and bang-bang processes in optimal control.- Shape controlability for free boundaries.- Approximation of boundary control problems for evolution variational inequalities arising from free boundary problems.- Optimal control of generalized flow networks.- Hölder condition for the minimum time function of linear systems.- The quadratic cost problem for L2[0,T; L2(?)] boundary input hyperbolic equations.- Modelling and control of water quality in a river section.- A Galerkin approximation for the Zakai equation.- Some singular control problem with long term average criterion.- On Ergodic control problems associated with optimal maintenance and inspection.- Convergence of a stochastic variable metric method with application in adaptive prediction.- Modelization and filtering of discrete systems and discrete approximation of continuous systems.- Extremals in stochastic control theory.- Design wave determination by fast integration technique.- A method to evaluate the consequences of member failure in jacket-type offshore platform structures.- On selecting a target reliability for deep water tension leg platforms.- Frequency versus time domain identification of complex structures modal shapes undernatural excitation.- Fatigue of offshore platforms: A method of analysis.- Stochastic design of rubble mound breakwaters.- Probabilistically optimum design of frame structure.- Reliability analysis of elasto-plastic structures.- Threshold crossings in nonlinear systems and ship capsize prevention.- Asymptotic approximations for multinormal domain and surface integrals.- Model uncertainty for bilinear hysteretic systems.- A stochastic algorithm for the optimization of simulation parameters.- Approximations and bounds in discrete stage markov decision processes.- Overall control of an electricity supply and demand system: A global feedback for the french system.- Optimal maintenance policies for modular standby systems.- Probabilistic analysis of some travelling salesman heuristics.- An optimal method for the mixed postman problem.- Modeling and analysis of computer and communications systems with queueing networks: An analytical study.- A hierarchical algorithm for large-scale system optimization problems with duality gaps.- Aggregation bounds in stochastic production problems.- An allocation problem in the design of a class of large-scale systems: Model and algorithm.- An immune lymphocyte circulation model.- Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases: Present state, problems and prospects.- Hyperthermia cancer therapy: Modelling, parameter estimation and control of temperature distribution in human tissue.- Optimal control of the heel-off to lift-off phase of two maximum height jumps.- Theoretical analysis of the sliding filament model for the evaluation of muscle macroscopic performance.- Or is what or does.- On the development of large-scale personnel planning models.- Modeling dynamic systems of variable structure.- Optimal structural design for maximum distancebetween adjacent eigenfrequencies.- Existence proofs for a class of plate optimization problems.- Short term production scheduling of the pulp mill - A decentralized optimization approach.- Shape optimization for contact problems.- Variational approach to optimal design and sensitivity analysis of elastic structures.- Shape optimal design of a radiating fin.- Application of optimization procedures on the design of various shell structures.- On nondifferentiable plate optimal design problems.- Optimum geometry modeling for minimizing weight of plate bending structure with substructures.- Optimal management of an almost purely hydro system : The ivory coast case.- Discretization of Bellman's equation.- Real-time optimal energy management by mathematical programming in industrial plants.- A computerized-optimized study on film cooling technique (part III).- Optimization of resource allocation for large scale projects.- Experience running optimisation algorithms on parallel processing systems.