The increasing complexity of the modern control systems has emphasized the idea of applying new approaches in order to solve design problems for different control engineering problems. This paper reports a performance comparison between traditional (linear PID controller) and evolvable methods (evolvable hardware controllers) applied to the problem of three-degrees-of-freedom manipulator contro...

In this study, optimization of Qeshm power and water desalting cogeneration plant has been investigated. The objective functions are related to maximizing exergetic efficiency and minimization of exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental parameters. Also, the integration of RO desalination with the existing plant has been evaluated based on these analyses. This plant includes two MAPNA 25 MW gas t...

This paper proposes the exchange market algorithm (EMA) to solve the combined economic and emission dispatch (CEED) problems in thermal power plants. The EMA is a new, robust and efficient algorithm to exploit the global optimum point in optimization problems. Existence of two seeking operators in EMA provides a high ability in exploiting global optimum point. In order to show the capabilities ...

Abstract This paper presents a case study of applying Genetic Algorithm (GA) coupled with Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport (MCNP) and PARET codes for thermal-hydraulic safety analysis to optimize the fuel reload TRIGA Mark II Moroccan research reactor. Based on radial distribution 238U burnup ratio inside reactor core, five most burned elements were replaced by others fresh (12 % wt uranium) us...

A multi-item multiperiod inventory control model is developed for known-deterministic variable demands under limited available budget. Assuming the order quantity is more than the shortage quantity in each period, the shortage in combination of backorder and lost sale is considered. The orders are placed in batch sizes and the decision variables are assumed integer. Moreover, all unit discounts...