We develop the basics of a theory of constrained Willmore surfaces. These are the critical points of the Willmore functional W = ∫ HdA restricted to the class of conformal immersions of a fixed Riemann surface. The class of constrained Willmore surfaces is invariant under Möbius transformations of the ambient space. Examples include all constant mean curvature surfaces in space forms.

In this paper, we propose a simultaneous meta-modeling protocol for both input and output spaces. We perform a reparametrization of the input space using constrained shape interpolation by introducing the concept of an α-manifold of admissible meshed shapes. The output space is reduced using constrained Proper Orthogonal Decomposition. By simultaneously using meta-modeling for both spaces, we f...

A constrained version of the Big Bang-Big Crunch algorithm for the efficient solution of the optimal reservoir operation problems is proposed in this paper. Big Bang-Big Crunch (BB-BC) algorithm is a new meta-heuristic population-based algorithm that relies on one of the theories of the evolution of universe namely, the Big Bang and Big Crunch theory. An improved formulation of the algorithm na...

Many real-world search and optimization problems involve inequality and/or equality constraints and are thus posed as constrained optimization problems. In trying to solve constrained optimization problems using classical optimization methods, this paper presents a Multi-Objective Bees Algorithm (MOBA) for solving the multi-objective optimal of mechanical engineering problems design. In the pre...