nonlinear knapsack problems (nkp) are the alternative formulation for the multiple-choice knapsack problems. a powerful approach for solving nkp is dynamic programming which may obtain the global op-timal solution even in the case of discrete solution space for these problems. despite the power of this solu-tion approach, it computationally performs very slowly when the solution space of the pr...

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Mathematical programming problems with equilibrium constraints (MPEC) are nonlinear programming problems where the constraints have a form that is analogous to first-order optimality conditions of constrained optimization. We prove that, under reasonable sufficient conditions, stationary points of the sum of squares of the constraints are feasible points of the MPEC. In usual formulations of MP...

  The fuzzy approach has undergone a profound structural transformation in the past few decades. Numerous studies have been undertaken to explain fuzzy approach for linear and nonlinear programs. While, the findings in earlier studies have been conflicting, recent studies of competitive situations indicate that fractional programming problem has a positive impact on comparative scenario. We pro...

The concept of duality plays an important role in optimization theory. This paper discusses some relations between primal and dual nonlinear programming problems in fuzzy environment. Here, fuzzy feasible region for a general fuzzy nonlinear programming is formed and the concept of fuzzy feasible solution is defined. First order dual relation for fuzzy nonlinear programming problem is studied.

the problem of lot sizing, sequencing and scheduling multiple products in flow line production systems has been studied by several authors. almost all of the researches in this area assumed that setup times and costs are sequence –independent even though sequence dependent setups are common in practice. in this paper we present a new mixed integer non linear program (minlp) and a heuristic meth...

in this paper, the problem of optimal path following for a high speed planing boat is addressed. first, a nonlinear mathematical model of the boat’s dynamics is derived and then the serret-frenet frame is presented to facilitate the path following control design. to satisfy the constraints on the states and the input controls of the boat's nonlinear dynamics and minimize both the cross tracking...

in this paper a new method is proposed for path planning of planar manipulators amid obstacles through mathematical programming in a way that the robot’s links avoid collision with obstacles throughout their motion from an initial to a goal configuration. after inputting the workspace geometry, the shortest feasible path for the robot’s end-effector is planned toward its goal position using gen...