scholarly journals Symmetry Detection for Quadratic Optimization Using Binary Layered Graphs

Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Kouyialis ◽  
Xiaoyu Wang ◽  
Ruth Misener

Symmetry in mathematical optimization may create multiple, equivalent solutions. In nonconvex optimization, symmetry can negatively affect algorithm performance, e.g., of branch-and-bound when symmetry induces many equivalent branches. This paper develops detection methods for symmetry groups in quadratically-constrained quadratic optimization problems. Representing the optimization problem with adjacency matrices, we use graph theory to transform the adjacency matrices into binary layered graphs. We enter the binary layered graphs into the software package nauty that generates important symmetric properties of the original problem. Symmetry pattern knowledge motivates a discretization pattern that we use to reduce computation time for an approximation of the point packing problem. This paper highlights the importance of detecting and classifying symmetry and shows that knowledge of this symmetry enables quick approximation of a highly symmetric optimization problem.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kandasamy Illanko

Designing wireless communication systems that efficiently utilize the resources frequency spectrum and electric power, leads to problems in mathematical optimization. Most of these optimization problems are difficult to solve because the objective functions are nonconvex. While some problems remain unsolved, the solutions proposed in the literature for the others are of somewhat limited use because the algorithms are either unstable or have too high a computational complexity. This dissertation presents several stable algorithms, most of which have polynomial complexity, that solve five different nonconvex optimization problems in wireless communication. Two centralized and two distributed algorithms deal with the power allocation that maximizes the throughput in the Gaussian interference channel (GIC)with various constraints. The most valuable of these algorithms, the one with the minimum rate constraints became possible after a significant theoretical development in the dissertation that proves that the throughput of the GIC has a new generalized convex structure called invexity. The fifth algorithm has linear complexity, and finds the power allocation that maximizes the energy efficiency (EE) of OFDMA transmissions, for a given subchannel assignment. Some fundamental results regarding the power allocation are then used in the genetic algorithm for determining the subchannel allocation that maximizes the EE. Pricing for channel subleasing for ad-hoc wireless networks is considered next. This involves the simultaneous optimization of many functions that are interconnected through the variables involved. A composite game, a strategic game within a Stackelberg game, is used to solve this optimization problem with polynomial complexity. For each optimization problem solved, numerical results obtained using simulations that support the analysis and demonstrate the performance of the algorithms are presented.


Author(s):  
Renjing Gao ◽  
Yi Tang ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Shutian Liu

Abstract This paper presents a gradient-based optimization method for interference suppression of linear arrays by controlling the electrical parameters of each array element, including the amplitude-only and phase-only. Gradient-based optimization algorithm (GOA), as an efficient optimization algorithm, is applied to the optimization problem of the anti-interference arrays that is generally solved by the evolutionary algorithms. The goal of this method is to maximize the main beam gain while minimizing the peak sidelobe level (PSLL) together with the null constraint. To control the nulls precisely and synthesize the radiation pattern accurately, the full-wave method of moments is used to consider the mutual coupling among the array elements rigorously. The searching efficiency is improved greatly because the gradient (sensitivity) information is used in the algorithm for solving the optimization problem. The sensitivities of the design objective and the constraint function with respect to the design variables are analytically derived and the optimization problems are solved by using GOA. The results of the GOA can produce the desired null at the specific positions, minimize the PSLL, and greatly shorten the computation time compared with the often-used non-gradient method such as genetic algorithm and cuckoo search algorithm.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zixin Liu ◽  
Yuanan Liu ◽  
Lianglin Xiong

Based on the feature of projection operator under box constraint, by using convex analysis method, this paper proposed three robust linear systems to solve a class of quadratic optimization problems. Utilizing linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique, eigenvalue perturbation theory, Lyapunov-Razumikhin method, and LaSalle’s invariance principle, some stable criteria for the related models are also established. Compared with previous criteria derived in the literature cited herein, the stable criteria established in this paper are less conservative and more practicable. Finally, a numerical simulation example and an application example in compressed sensing problem are also given to illustrate the validity of the criteria established in this paper.


Author(s):  
Scott Ferguson ◽  
Andrew H. Tilstra ◽  
Carolyn C. Seepersad ◽  
Kristin L. Wood

Complex systems need to perform in a variety of functional states and under varying operating conditions. Therefore, it is important to manage the different values of design variables associated with the operating states for each subsystem. The research presented in this paper uses multidisciplinary optimization (MDO) and changeable systems methods together in the design of a reconfigurable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). MDO is a useful approach for designing a system that is composed of distinct disciplinary subsystems by managing the design variable coupling between the subsystem and system level optimization problems. Changeable design research addresses how changes in the physical configuration of products and systems can better meet distinct needs of different operating states. As a step towards the development of a realistic reconfigurable UAV optimization problem, this paper focuses on the performance advantage of using a changeable airfoil subsystem. Design principles from transformational design methods are used to develop concepts that determine how the design variables are allowed to change in the mathematical optimization problem. The performance of two changeable airfoil concepts is compared to a fixed airfoil design over two different missions that are defined by a sequence of mission segments. Determining the configurations of the static and changeable airfoils is accomplished using a genetic algorithm. Results from this study show that aircraft with changeable airfoils attain increased performance, and that the manner by which the system transforms is significant. For this reason, the changeable airfoil optimization developed in this paper is ready to be integrated into a complete MDO problem for the design of a reconfigurable UAV.


2013 ◽  
Vol 748 ◽  
pp. 666-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Wen Zhang

In this paper we compare the performance of metaheuristic methods, namely simulated annealing and Tabu Search, against simple hill climbing heuristic on a supply chain optimization problem. The benchmark problem we consider is the retailer replenishment optimization problem for a retailer selling multiple products. Computation and simulation results demonstrate that simulated annealing and Tabu search improve solution quality. However, the performance improvement is less in simulations with random noise. Lastly, simulated annealing appears to be more robust than Tabu search, and the results justify its extra implementation effort and computation time when compared against hill climbing.


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