A merit function approach for evolution strategies [PDF]
EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, 2021 In this paper, we extend a class of globally convergent evolution strategies to handle general constrained optimization problems. The proposed framework handles quantifiable relaxable constraints using a merit function approach combined with a specific ...
Youssef Diouane
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A Merit Function Approach for Direct Search [PDF]
SIAM Journal on Optimization, 2014 In this paper it is proposed to equip direct-search methods with a general procedure to minimize an objective function, possibly nonsmooth, without using derivatives and subject to constraints on the variables. One aims at considering constraints, most likely nonlinear or nonsmooth, for which the derivatives of the corresponding functions are also ...
Luis Nunes Vicente
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The Exceptions to Principle of Merit in Taking up the Public Function [PDF]
الرافدین للحقوقSummaryThe principle of merit is breached from the ground up when there are negative exceptions, which do not worry worse in terms of the result of not applying the principle to favoritism, cronyism and corruption, which makes it similar to staying ink ...
Zubaid Al Taha, Sivan Mekerdegean
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Information Geometry-Based Two-Stage Track-Before-Detect Algorithm for Multi-Target Detection in Sea Clutter [PDF]
EntropyTo address the challenges of radar multi-target detection in marine environments, this paper proposes an information geometry (IG)-based, two-stage track-before-detect (TBD) framework.
Jinguo Liu +4 more
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Developing a Gudermannian neural network for solving the Painlevé model-II in the context of nonlinear optics [PDF]
Scientific ReportsA design of Gudermannian neural network (GNN) is executed for the numerical results of the Painlevé model-II in the context of nonlinear optics (PM-II-NO).
Sundas Faisal +4 more
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Aberration compensation in two-dimensional reflective optical systems [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023 We present a novel approach to minimize aberrations in imaging systems. The energy distributions at the source and target of an optical system play a crucial role in designing freeform surfaces through illumination optics methodologies.
Verma Sanjana +3 more
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Merit-Based Motion Planning for Autonomous Vehicles in Urban Scenarios
Sensors, 2021 Safe and adaptable motion planning for autonomous vehicles remains an open problem in urban environments, where the variability of situations and behaviors may become intractable using rule-based approaches.
Juan Medina-Lee +3 more
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Dynamic Programming Ring for Point Target Detection
Applied Sciences, 2022 To improve the detection efficiency of a long-distance dim point target based on dynamic programming (DP), this paper proposes a multi-frame target detection algorithm based on a merit function filtering DP ring (MFF-DPR).
Jingneng Fu +3 more
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Dynamic programming network for point target detection
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2023 To improve the efficiency of the dim point target detection based on dynamic programming (DP), this paper proposes a multi-frame target detection method based on a DP ring network (DPRN).
Jingneng Fu, Hongyan Wei
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Household photovoltaic systems optimization methodology based on graph theory reliability
Energy Reports, 2022 A novel passive strategy to overcome the inconveniences of possible failure or underperformance of the components of a household scale photovoltaic (PV) system is proposed.
Jesús M. Ceresuela +2 more
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