IFIP TC6 Open Digital Library

System Modelling and Optimization 2005: Turin, Italy

System Modeling and Optimization, Proceedings of the 22nd IFIP TC7 Conference held from July 18-22, 2005, in Turin, Italy

F. Ceragioli, Asen L. Dontchev, H. Futura, K. Marti, Luciano Pandolfi

Springer, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 199, ISBN: 0-387-32774-6



Contents

The Legacy of Camillo Possio to Unsteady Aerodynamics.

R. Voss

 1-14

The Possio Integral Equation of Aeroelasticity: A Modern View.

A. V. Balakrishnan

 15-22

Beyond Possio Equation: The Legacy of Camillo Possio to Flight Dynamics and Hydrodynamics.

G. Avanzini, A. De Santis

 23-33

One Hundred Years Since the Introduction of the Set Distance by Dimitrie Pompeiu.

T. Birsan, Dan Tiba

 35-39

Analysis of a PDE Model for Sandpile Growth.

Patrick Cannarsa

 41-50

On Warm Starts for Interior Methods.

Anders Forsgren

 51-66

Recent Advances in Bound Constrained Optimization.

William W. Hager, Hongchao Zhang

 67-82

P-Factor-Approach to Degenerate Optimization Problems.

Olga Brezhneva, Alexey Tret'yakov

 83-90

Non Monotone Algorithms for Unconstrained Minimization: Upper Bounds on Function Values.

Ubaldo M. García-Palomares

 91-100

On the Efficiency of the epsilon-Subgradient Methods Over Nonlinearly Constrained Networks.

E. Mijangos

 101-111

Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Algorithms for Nonconvex Problems with Box Constraints.

Radoslaw Pytlak, Tomasz Tarnawski

 113-122

Multiobjective Optimization for Risk-Based Maintenance and Life-Cycle Cost of Civil Infrastructure Systems.

Dan M. Frangopol, Min Liu

 123-137

Application of Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm to Bridge Maintenance.

Hitoshi Furuta, Takahiro Kameda

 139-148

A Method for the Mixed Discrete Non-Linear Problems by Particle Swarm Optimization.

Satoshi Kitayama, Masao Arakawa, Koetsu Yamazaki

 149-159

Optimization of Cooling Pipe System of Plastic Molding.

T. Matsumori, K. Yamazaki, Y. Matsui

 161-168

Optimum Design of Cooling Pipe Systems by Branching Tree Model in Nature.

K. Yamazaki, X. Ding

 169-179

Implementation of Multiobjective Optimization Procedures at the Product Design Planning Stage.

Masayoshi Yoshimura

 181-191

On the Numerical Solution of Stochastic Optimization Problems.

J. Mayer

 193-206

Parameter Estimation of Parabolic Type Factor Model and Empirical Study of US Treasury Bonds.

Shin'ichi Aihara, Arunabha Bagchi

 207-217

Multi-Stage Stochastic Electricity Portfolio Optimization in Liberalized Energy Markets.

Ronald Hochreiter, Georg Ch. Pflug, David Wozabal

 219-226

SSD Consistent Criteria and Coherent Risk Measures.

Wlodzimierz Ogryczak, M. Opolska-Rutkowska

 227-237

Optimal Policies Under Different Pricing Strategies in a Production System with Markov-Modulated Demand.

E. Lerzan Örmeci, J. P. Gayon, I. Talay-Degirmenci, Fikri Karaesmen

 239-249

An Adaptation of Bicgstab for Nonlinear Biological Systems.

Ezio Venturino, P. R. Graves-Morris, Alessandra De Rossi

 251-260

Numerical Approximation of a Control Problem for Advection-Diffusion Processes.

Alfio Quarteroni, Gianluigi Rozza, L. Dedè, Annalisa Quaini

 261-273

A New Low Rank Quasi-Newton Update Scheme for Nonlinear Programming.

R. Fletcher

 275-293

Reliability in Computer Networks.

Saulius Minkevicius, Genadijus Kulvietis

 295-300