A Case Study in Trajectory Optimization: Putting on an Uneven Green

A Case Study in Trajectory Optimization: How to Putt

In this first paper, we consider how to putt a golf ball on an uneven green so that it arrives at the cup with minimal speed.

Case Studies in Trajectory Optimization: Trains, Planes, and Other Pastimes

This is the first in a series of papers presenting case studies in modern large-scale constrained optimization, the purpose of which is to illustrate how recent advances in algorithms and modeling languages have made it easy to solve difficult optimization problems using off-the-shelf software. In this first paper, we consider four trajectory optimization problems: (a) how to operate a train ef...

Uneven Empowerment: A Case Study on Women Beekeepers in Central Iran

Integrated Well Placement and Completion Optimization using Heuristic Algorithms: A Case Study of an Iranian Carbonate Formation

Determination of optimum location for drilling a new well not only requires engineering judgments but also consumes excessive computational time. Additionally, availability of many physical constraints such as the well length, trajectory, and completion type and the numerous affecting parameters including, well type, well numbers, well-control variables prompt that the optimization approaches b...

Wellbore Trajectory Optimization of an Iranian Oilfield Based on Mud Pressure and Failure Zone

Determination of the borehole and fracture initiation positions is the main aim of a borehole stability analysis. A wellbore trajectory optimization with the help of the mud pressure may be unreasonable since the mud pressure can only reflect the degree of difficulty for the initial damage to occur at the wellbore rather than the extent of the wellbore damage. In this work, we investigate...