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Topology optimization (TO) is employed in engineering to optimize structural performance while maximizing material efficiency. However, traditional TO methods incur significant computational and time costs. Although research has leveraged…

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In this research note we provide a variational basis for the optimal artificial diffusion method, which has been a cornerstone in developing many stabilized methods. The optimal artificial diffusion method produces exact nodal solutions…

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Adaptive structures are characterized by their ability to adjust their geometrical and other properties to changing loads or requirements during service. This contribution deals with a method for the design of quasi-static motions of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Renate Sachse , Manfred Bischoff

While topological derivatives have proven useful in applications of topology optimisation and inverse problems, their mathematically rigorous derivation remains an ongoing research topic, in particular in the context of nonlinear partial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Peter Gangl , Kevin Sturm

This paper is concerned with the problem of shape optimization of two-dimensional flows governed by the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations. We derive the structures of shape gradients with respect to the shape of the variable domain for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhiming Gao , Yichen Ma , Hongwei Zhuang

Structural topology optimization, which aims to find the optimal physical structure that maximizes mechanical performance, is vital in engineering design applications in aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineering. Generative adversarial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-07 François Mazé , Faez Ahmed

In the one-parameter regression model with AR(1) and AR(2) errors we find explicit expressions and a continuous approximation of the optimal discrete design for the signed least square estimator. The results are used to derive the optimal…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-02-12 Holger Dette , Andrey Pepelyshev , Anatoly Zhigljavsky

This paper addresses the closed-loop control of an actuator with both a continuous input variable (motor torque) and a discrete input variable (mode selection). In many applications, robots have to bear large loads while moving slowly and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Alexandre Girard , H. Harry Asada

This paper deals with shape irregularity issues in discrete topology optimization algorithms whereby the design is created using the automated distribution of material in the design region. Graph theory is employed to derive appropriate…

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Copula modelling has in the past decade become a standard tool in many areas of applied statistics. However, a largely neglected aspect concerns the design of related experiments. Particularly the issue of whether the estimation of copula…

Methodology · Statistics 2014-06-12 Elisa Perrone , Werner G. Müller

The article is devoted to the problem of applying the maximum principle for finding optimal control parameters in simulation tasks of interest for a variety of engineering and industrial systems and processes. Especially important is the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Ivan V. Kazachkov

A high-ranking goal of interdisciplinary modeling approaches in the natural sciences are quantitative prediction of system dynamics and model based optimization. For this purpose, mathematical modeling, numerical simulation and scientific…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Dominik Skanda , Dirk Lebiedz

The present contribution investigates shape optimisation problems for a class of semilinear elliptic variational inequalities with Neumann boundary conditions. Sensitivity estimates and material derivatives are firstly derived in an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-16 Christian Heinemann , Kevin Sturm

A class of semilinear parabolic reaction diffusion equations with multiple time delays is considered. These time delays and corresponding weights are to be optimized such that the associated solution of the delay equation is the best…

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The goal of this paper is to solve a class of stochastic optimal control problems numerically, in which the state process is governed by an It\^o type stochastic differential equation with control process entering both in the drift and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-05 Richard Archibald , Feng Bao , Jiongmin Yong , Tao Zhou

We consider the problem of constructing optimal designs for model discrimination between competing regression models. Various new properties of optimal designs with respect to the popular $T$-optimality criterion are derived, which in many…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2009-08-14 Holger Dette , Stefanie Titoff

The integration of renewables into electrical grids calls for the development of tailored control schemes which in turn require reliable grid models. In many cases, the grid topology is known but the actual parameters are not exactly known.…

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The optimal selection of experimental conditions is essential to maximizing the value of data for inference and prediction, particularly in situations where experiments are time-consuming and expensive to conduct. We propose a general…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2012-12-04 Xun Huan , Youssef M. Marzouk

In this article we consider shape optimization problems as optimal control problems via the method of mappings. Instead of optimizing over a set of admissible shapes a reference domain is introduced and it is optimized over a set of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Johannes Haubner , Martin Siebenborn , Michael Ulbrich