This paper presents an overview of the research progress in global optimization during the last 5 years (1998–2003), and a brief account of our recent research contributions. The review part covers the areas of (a) twice continuously differentiable nonlinear optimization, (b) mixedinteger nonlinear optimization, (c) optimization with differential-algebraic models, (d) optimization with grey-box...

Some generalized Ostrowski-type integral inequalities for r−times differentiable functions whose absolute values are MT−convex have been discussed. Moreover, some applications on special bivariate means obtained.

A generalized control strategy that enhances fuzzy controllers with self-learning capability for achieving prescribed control objectives in a near-optimal manner is presented. This methodology, termed temporal backpropagation, is model-sensitive in the sense that it can deal with plants that can be represented in a piecewise-differentiable format, such as difference equations, neural networks, ...

A fuzzy approximation method called fuzzy transforms for approximation of continuous function is presented in this paper. It is shown how can be fuzzy transforms naturally generalized for functions with more variables. A fuzzy function as an approximated mapping is considered. This leads to an extension of fuzzy transforms for fuzzy function as well as to an extension of generalized fuzzy trans...

We find an equivalent condition for a real function f : [a, b] → R to be Lebesgue equivalent to an n-times differentiable function (n ≥ 2); a simple solution in the case n = 2 appeared in an earlier paper. For that purpose, we introduce the notions of CBV G1/n and SBV G1/n functions, which play analogous rôles for the n-th order differentiability as the classical notion of a V BG∗ function for ...

In this paper, the stronger forms of fuzzy generalized preregular continuous functions namely, strongly fuzzy fgpr-continuous, perfectly fgpr-continuous and completely fuzzy fgpr-continuous functions have been introduced and studied in fuzzy topological spaces. AMS subject classification: 54A40.

Core elements (a la Aubin) of a fuzzy game can be associated with additive separable supporting functions of fuzzy games. Generalized cores whose elements consist of more general separable supporting functions of the game are introduced and studied. While the Aubin core of unanimity games can be empty, the generalized core of unanimity games is nonempty. Properties of the generalized cores and ...

In this paper, we introduce a new class of generalized dI-univexity in which each component of the objective and constraint functions is directionally differentiable in its own direction di for a nondifferentiable multiobjective programming problem. Based upon these generalized functions, sufficient optimality conditions are established for a feasible point to be efficient and properly efficien...