time, cost and quality are considered as the main components in managing each project. previous researches have mainly focused on the time-cost trade-off problems. recently quality is considered as the most important factor in project�s success, which is influenced by time acceleration that is the less time is spent the more success is gained. in time-cost-quality trade-off problems, each act...

In this paper, several modifications of the quasi-interpolation operator of Scott and Zhang [30] are discussed. The modified operators are defined for non-smooth functions and are suited for application on anisotropic meshes. The anisotropy of the elements is reflected in the local stability and approximation error estimates. As an application, an example is considered where anisotropic finite ...

Contrasting with smoothness, non-smoothness occurs widely around the world. There are many typical non-smooth surface morphologies in living creatures. Non-smooth surfaces have some special functions during the evolution of living creatures. According to the traditional conception, the body surface is smoother, and the adhesion force is smaller. In many cases, the surfaces of some products or w...

We consider the distributed optimization problem where $n$ agents, each possessing a local cost function, collaboratively minimize average of functions over connected network. Assuming stochastic gradient information is available, we study algorithm, called exact diffusion with adaptive stepsizes (EDAS) adapted from Exact Di...

Lagrange multiplier rules for abstract optimization problems with mixed smooth and convex terms in the cost, with smooth equality constrained and convex inequality constraints are presented. The typical case for the equality constraints that the theory is meant for is given by differential equations. Applications are given to L-minimum norm control problems, L∞norm minimization, and a class of ...

The paper presents a Jacobian smoothing nonlinear complementarity method for solving large nonlinear optimal power flow (OPF) problems. By using (smooth or non-smooth) nonlinear complementarity (NC) functions we reformulate the OPF problem as a (smooth or non-smooth) nonlinear system of equations, which, in turn, can be solved by well-known methods. The Jacobian smoothing method computes the se...

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are one of the most practical strategies to learn data distributions. A popular GAN formulation is based on the use of Wasserstein distance as a metric between probability distributions. Unfortunately, minimizing the Wasserstein distance between the data distribution and the generative model distribution is a challenging problem as its objective is non-con...

Constructing accurate and generalizable approximators (surrogate models) for complex physico-chemical processes exhibiting highly non-smooth dynamics is challenging. The main question what type of surrogate models we should construct these be under-parameterized or over-parameterized. In this work, propose new developments perform comparisons two promising approaches: manifold-based polynomial ...

Crocin, a component of saffron, showed hypotensive which is perhaps due to vascular smooth muscle relaxant effect. The relaxant effects of saffron on tracheal smooth muscle also could be due to its constituent, crocin. In the present study, the relaxant effects of crocin and its possible mechanisms on rat tracheal smooth muscle were investigated. The relaxant effects of three cumulative concent...

Crocin, a component of saffron, showed hypotensive which is perhaps due to vascular smooth muscle relaxant effect. The relaxant effects of saffron on tracheal smooth muscle also could be due to its constituent, crocin. In the present study, the relaxant effects of crocin and its possible mechanisms on rat tracheal smooth muscle were investigated. The relaxant effects of three cumulative concent...