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Nonlinear programming
About: Nonlinear programming is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 19486 publications have been published within this topic receiving 656602 citations. The topic is also known as: non-linear programming & NLP.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a nonlinear programming problem for capacitors placed on a radial distribution system is formulated and a solution algorithm is developed to find the optimal size of capacitors so that the power losses will be minimized for a given load profile while considering the cost of the capacitors.
Abstract: A capacitor sizing problem for capacitors placed on a radial distribution system is formulated as a nonlinear programming problem, and a solution algorithm is developed. The object is to find the optimal size of the capacitors so that the power losses will be minimized for a given load profile while considering the cost of the capacitors. The formulation also incorporates the AC power flow model for the system and the voltage constraints. The solution algorithm developed for the capacitor sizing problem is based on a Phase I-Phase II feasible directions approach. Novel power flow equations and a solution method, called DistFlow, for radial distribution systems are introduced. The method is computationally efficient and numerically robust, especially for distribution systems with large r/x ratio branches. DistFlow is used repeatedly as a subroutine in the optimization algorithm for the capacitor sizing problem. The test results for the algorithm indicate that the method is computationally efficient and has good convergence characteristics. >
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TL;DR: This paper presents fields of application, focus on solution approaches, and makes the connection with MPECs (Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints), a branch of mathematical programming of both practical and theoretical interest.
Abstract: This paper is devoted to bilevel optimization, a branch of mathematical programming of both practical and theoretical interest. Starting with a simple example, we proceed towards a general formulation. We then present fields of application, focus on solution approaches, and make the connection with MPECs (Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints).
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TL;DR: A condensing algorithm for the solution of the approximating linearly constrained quadratic subproblems, and high rank update procedures are introduced, which are especially suited for optimal control problems and lead to significant improvements of the convergence behaviour and reductions of computing time and storage requirements.
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Abstract: (2007). Nonlinear Programming Theory and Algorithms. Technometrics: Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 105-105.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of proper efficiency was introduced to eliminate efficient points of a certain anomalous nature in the problem of vector maximization, which is related in spirit to the notion of "proper" efficiency introduced by Kuhn and Tucker in their celebrated paper of 1950.
1,272 citations