This note proposes a method, which can be applied to searches and more in general to any cross section measurement, to maximize the analysis sensitivity.

As computing platforms become more and more complex, the task of optimizing performance critical codes becomes more challenging. Recently, more attention has been focused on automating this optimization process by making aggressive assumptions about the algorithm. Motivated by these trends, this paper presents HiLO, the high-level optimizer for FFT codes. HiLO blends traditional optimization te...

In many problems from different disciplines such as engineering, physics, medicine, and biology, a series of experimental data is used in order to generate a model that can describe a system with minimum noise. The procedure for building a model provides a description of the behavior of the system under study and can be used to give a prediction for the future. Herein a novel hierarchical bi-le...

Level-set topology optimization is used to design a wing considering skin buckling under static aeroelastic trim loading, as well as dynamic aeroelastic stability (flutter). The level-set function is defined over the entire 3D volume of a transport aircraft wing box. Therefore, the approach is not limited by any predefined structure and can explore novel configurations. The Sequential Linear Pr...

As the number of transistors in digital systems rises, we must rely on system level design techniques to manage the complexity and increase the efficiency of the designer. In this paper, we present a physically aware design flow for mapping high level application specifications to a synthesizable register transfer level hardware description. We study the problem of optimizing the data communica...

The solutions used to solve bi-level congestion pricing problems are usually based on heuristic network optimization methods which may not be able to find the best solution for these type of problems. The application of meta-heuristic methods can be seen as viable alternative solutions but so far, it has not received enough attention by researchers in this field. Therefore, the objective of thi...

This paper presents a conjectural-variation-based equilibrium model of a single-price electricity market. The main characteristic of the model is that the market equilibrium equations incorporate the effect of the voltage constraints on the companies’ strategic behavior. A two-stage optimization model is used to solve the market equilibrium. In the first stage, an equivalent optimization proble...