in this paper, an integration of improve particle swarm optimization (ipso) incombination with successive quadratic programming (sqp) so called ipso-sqpalgorithm is proposed to solve time optimal bang-bang control problems. theprocedure is found not sensitive to the initial guess of the solution. due to randomselection in the first stage of the search process, the chance of converging to theglo...

in this paper, we present a new method to determine the optimal location and parameter settings of unifiedpower flow controller (upfc) for removing voltage violations and transmission lines overloading. upfc isconsidered as the most powerful member of the facts devices, that it can control shunt and series power flow.this option gives to upfc the power to control the voltage profile and transmi...

abstract in refrence to un appropriate time and place dispersal of precipitation in iran and having low efficiency in agriculture, water as the most limitative factor in agriculture is discussing. in this study, the existing pattern of mashhad-chenaran plain is considering and with gathering data related to 1388, with target of decrease in water consuming, optimum and nearly optimum cropping pa...

abstract t he return of capital is fundamental to the intertemporal allocation of resources by changing the consumption behavior and capital accumulation over time. taxation on return of capital increases the marginal product of capital, meaning that capital stock is lower than when capital is not taxed, which results decreased growth and welfare in steady state. this paper studies the impact o...

background: healthcare authorities, in all around the world, are faced with resources limitations and limitless needs of citizens. therefore, optimal resources allocation, particularly in the health sector and emergency system, seems to be of great importance. the present study aimed to determine the optimality rate of patients' distribution to hospitals by emergency stations based on the trans...

the aim of this paper is to introduce a new approach for obtaining the numerical solution of singulary perturbed boundary value problems based on an optimal control technique. in the proposed method, first the mentioned equations are converted to an optimal control problem. then, control and state variables are approximated by chebychev series. therefore, the optimal control problem is reduced ...

the goal of the current study is to determine the optimal level of advertising beyond which advertising expenditure will not be justified by revenues. to achieve the goal first different types of media were rated by experts as to the degree of their importance. then data ware collected by interviewing the managers and reviewing different media resources. the collected data were then analyzed us...

centralizing and using proper transportation facilities cut down costs and traffic. hub facilities concentrate on flows to cause economic advantage of scale and multimodal transportation helps use the advantage of another transporter. a distinctive feature of this paper is proposing a new mathematical formulation for a three-stage p-hub location routing problem with simultaneous pick-ups and de...

the main attempt of this article is extension the method so that it generallywould be able to consider the classical solution of the systems and moreover,produces the optimal trajectory and control directly at the same time. there-fore we consider a control system governed by a bone marrow cancer equation.next, by extending the underlying space, the existence of the solution is con-sidered and ...

Optimal stopping is a sub-field of probability theory that is present within mathematical finance, mathematical statistics, stochastic calculus and other disciplines. In mathematical finance, one well known problem is the pricing of an American put option. In this thesis we first give a brief review of some general optimal stopping theory, its connection to free-boundary problems and we then ex...