Parallel Variable Distribution for Constrained Optimization

A Modified Discreet Particle Swarm Optimization for a Multi-level Emergency Supplies Distribution Network

Currently, the research of emergency supplies distribution and decision models mostly focus on deterministic models and exact algorithm. A few of studies have been done on the multi-level distribution network and matheuristic algorithm. In this paper, random processes theory is adopted to establish emergency supplies distribution and decision model for multi-level network. By analyzing the char...

Parallel Variable Distribution Algorithm for Constrained Optimization with Nonmonotone Technique

On the Convergence of Constrained Parallel Variable Distribution Algorithms

We consider the parallel variable distribution (PVD) approach proposed by Ferris and Mangasarian [SIAM J. Optim., 4 (1994), pp. 815–832] for solving optimization problems. The problem variables are distributed among p processors with each processor having the primary responsibility for updating its block of variables while allowing the remaining “secondary” variables to change in a restricted f...

An improved genetic algorithm for multidimensional optimization of precedence-constrained production planning and scheduling

Integration of production planning and scheduling is a class of problems commonly found in manufacturing industry. This class of problems associated with precedence constraint has been previously modeled and optimized by the authors, in which, it requires a multidimensional optimization at the same time: what to make, how many to make, where to make and the order to make. It is a combinatorial,...

Trajectory Optimization of Cable Parallel Manipulators in Point-to-Point Motion

Planning robot trajectory is a complex task that plays a significant role in design and application of robots in task space. The problem is formulated as a trajectory optimization problem which is fundamentally a constrained nonlinear optimization problem. Open-loop optimal control method is proposed as an approach for trajectory optimization of cable parallel manipulator for a given two-end-po...