This study focuses on the optimization of the plane structure. Sequential quadratic programming (SQP) will be utilized, which is one of the most efficient methods for solving nonlinearly constrained optimization problems. A new formulation for the second order sensitivity analysis of the two-dimensional finite element will be developed. All the second order required derivatives will be calculat...

In this paper, Lipschitz univariate constrained global optimization problems where both the objective function and constraints can be multiextremal are considered. The constrained problem is reduced to a discontinuous unconstrained problem by the index scheme without introducing additional parameters or variables. A Branch-and-Bound method that does not use derivatives for solving the reduced p...

Global optimization methods play an important role to solve many real-world problems. Flower pollination algorithm (FP) is a new nature-inspired algorithm, based on the characteristics of flowering plants. In this paper, a new hybrid optimization method called hybrid flower pollination algorithm (FPPSO) is proposed. The method combines the standard flower pollination algorithm (FP) with the par...

This paper presents an augmented Lagrangian algorithm to solve continuous constrained global optimization problems. The algorithm approximately solves a sequence of bound constrained subproblems whose objective function penalizes equality and inequality constraints violation and depends on the Lagrange multiplier vectors and a penalty parameter. Each subproblem is solved by a population-based m...

A recently proposed trust-region approach for bound-constrained nonlinear equations is applied to the KKT systems arising from the discretization of a class of PDE-constrained optimization problems. Two different implementations are developed that take into account the large dimension and the special structure of the problems. The linear algebra phase is analyzed considering the possibility of ...

In this paper, Lipschitz univariate constrained global optimization problems where both the objective function and constraints can be multiextremal are considered. The constrained problem is reduced to a discontinuous unconstrained problem by the index scheme without introducing additional parameters or variables. A Branch-and-Bound method that does not use derivatives for solving the reduced p...

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In this paper, we investigate on the decomposition method that was presented by Yu and et al. [1]. We show a note about it. © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.