• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.17 no.1_2_3
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• pp.121-144
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose unconstrained and constrained posynomial Geometric Programming (GP) problem with negative or positive integral degree of difficulty. Conventional GP approach has been modified to solve some special type of GP problems. In specific case, when the degree of difficulty is negative, the normality and the orthogonality conditions of the dual program give a system of linear equations. No general solution vector exists for this system of linear equations. But an approximate solution can be determined by the least square and also max-min method. Here, modified form of geometric programming method has been demonstrated and for that purpose necessary theorems have been derived. Finally, these are illustrated by numerical examples and applications.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.23-29
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• 1977

Geometric programming is very useful for the solution of certain nonlinear programming problems in which the objective function and the constraints are posynomial expressions. By solving the dual program, it can be obtained that the solution of the primal program of Geometric programming. And, more efficient solution is to form an Augmented program possessing degree of difficult zero. A regional water-quality management problem may involve a multistage constrained optimization with many decision variables. In this problem, especially, appling that solution to it is also useful. This paper is described that : 1) the efficient solution of a water-quality management model formed by Geometric programming and 2) the algorithm developed to apply easily a real system by modifing and simplifing the solution.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.241-246
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• 2015

In this paper, we consider a relaying system which employs a single relay in a wireless network with distributed sources and destinations. Here, all source, destination, and relay nodes are equipped with multiple antennas. For amplify-and-forward relay systems, we confirm the achievable sum rate through a joint multiple source precoders and a single relay filter design. To this end, we propose a new linear processing scheme in terms of maximizing the sum rate performance by applying a blockwise relaying method combined with geometric programming techniques. By allowing the global channel knowledge at the source nodes, we show that this joint design problem is formulated as a standard geometric program, which can guarantees a global optimal value under the modified sum rate criterion. Simulation results show that the proposed blockwise relaying scheme with the joint power allocation method provides substantial sum rate gain compared to the conventional schemes.

• Management Science and Financial Engineering
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.13-23
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• 2008

The pricing/lot-sizing problem of determining the robust optimal order quantity and selling price is discussed. The uncertainty of parameters characterized by an ellipsoid is explicitly incorporated into the problem. An approximation scheme is proposed to transform the problem into a geometric program, which can be efficiently and reliably solved using interior-point methods.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.91-95
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• 2003

Yacht design is significantly affected by the hull geometrical characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to closely examine the relation between hull and performance, before considering characteristics of sea condition. In this study, Genetic Programming is used to derive a formula the relationship between hull geometric characteristics and performance. Using the formula, a new guideline is proposed to determine performance of a yacht.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.263-269
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• 2015

This paper proposes a new approach for solving the weather routing problem by dividing it into two phases with the goal of fuel saving. The problem is to decide two optimal variables: the heading angle and speed of the ship under several constraints. In the first phase, the optimal route is obtained using the Real-Time Adaptive A* algorithm with a fixed ship speed. In other words, only the heading angle is decided. The second phase is the speed scheduling phase. In this phase, the original problem, which is a nonlinear optimization problem, is converted into a geometric programming problem. By solving this geometric programming problem, which is a convex optimization problem, we can obtain an optimal speed scheduling solution very efficiently. A simple case of numerical simulation is conducted in order to validate the proposed method, and the results show that the proposed method can save fuel compared to a constant engine output voyage and constant speed voyage.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.1133-1137
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• 1995

This paper presents a numerical method of the global search for an optimal geometric path for a manipulator arm amid obstacles. Finite term quintic B-splines are used to describe an arbitrary point-to-point manipulator motion with fixed moving time. The coefficients of the splines span a linear vector space, a point in which uniquely represents the manipulator motion. All feasible geometric paths are searched by adjusting the seed points of the obstacle models in the penetration growth distances. In the numerical implementation using nonlinear programming, the globally optimal geometric path is obtained for a spatial 3-link(3-revolute joints) manipulator amid several hexahedral obstacles without simplifying any dynamic or geometric models.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.58-66
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• 1994

The philosophy of object-oriented has found its role in various applications such as programming languages, databases, distributed systems, etc. Discussed in this paper is an experience of the object-oriented programming technique obtained while developing a particular CAD/CAM system. It has been well-known that the object-oriented programming language has good features enabling the improved reusability and extensibility of an existing code. The features include data abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and so on. This paper presents how these features of the object-oriented programming language, C++ in particular, can be applied to the implementation of geometric algorithms as well as graphical user interfaces.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.133-150
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• 2007

In a development of efficient primal-dual interior-points algorithms for self-scaled convex programming problems, one of the important properties of such cones is the existence and uniqueness of "scaling points". In this paper through the identification of scaling points with the notion of "(metric) geometric means" on symmetric cones, we extend several well-known matrix inequalities (the classical L$\ddot{o}$wner-Heinz inequality, Ando inequality, Jensen inequality, Furuta inequality) to symmetric cones. We also develop a theory of spectral geometric means on symmetric cones which has recently appeared in matrix theory and in the linear monotone complementarity problem for domains associated to symmetric cones. We derive Nesterov-Todd inequality using the spectral property of spectral geometric means on symmetric cones.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.116-126
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• 2001

This paper suggests a numerical method to find optimal geometric path and minimum-time motion for a spatial 6-link manipulator arm (PUMA 560 type). To find a minimum-time motion, the optimal geometric paths minimizing 2 different dynamic performance indices are searched first, and the minimum-time motions are searched on these optimal paths. In the algorithm to find optimal geometric paths, the objective functions (performance indices) are selected to minimize joint velocities, actuator forces or the combinations of them as well as to avoid one static obstacle. In the minimum-time algorithm the traveling time is expressed by the power series including 21 terms. The coefficients of the series are obtained using nonlinear programming to minimize the total traveling time subject to the constraints of velocity-dependent actuator forces.