System modelling and optimization : proceedings of the 13th IFIP conference, Tokyo, Japan, August 31 - September 4, 1987

**From the preface:** "These proceedings contain 73 contributed papers selected from among those presented at the 13th IFIP Conference System Modelling and Optimization, Tokyo, Japan, August 31 - September 4, 1987, as well as 4 papers for the plenary sessions of the Conference. The aim of the conference was to discuss recent advances in the mathematical representation of engineering, sociotechnical, socioeconomic systems as well as in the optimization of their performances." Trust regions and projected gradients....Pages 1-13 How to cope with grey part of management —system modelling and optimization in Japanese industry....Pages 14-21 Optimal control discrete-time systems....Pages 22-28 Control problems under insufficient information....Pages 29-51 Application of optimization-based methods in control system design....Pages 52-59 Modelling support system for system dynamics....Pages 60-69 Stability and control of linear periodic systems....Pages 70-79 On stochastic control problems : An algorithm for the value function and the optimal policy — some applications....Pages 80-89 Solving slp recourse problems: The case of stochastic technology matrix, RHS & objective....Pages 90-100 Optimal input for autoregressive model discrimination based on the Kullback's divergence....Pages 101-108 Identification of linear discrete-time stochastic system using covariance information....Pages 109-118 Optimum state estimation using a new class of robust doubly optimized recursive estimators....Pages 119-128 Chandrasekahr filtering and smoothing methods given covariance model and properties of X and Y functions....Pages 129-138 New approach to image modelling with application to restoration problems....Pages 139-147 Higher order sensitivity of solutions to convex programming problems without strict complementarity....Pages 148-164 Distributed nonlinear optimization algorithms for general network problems....Pages 165-176 A multiplex algorithm for linear programming problems....Pages 177-186 Newton-type algorithms with nonmonotone line search for large-scale unconstrained optimization....Pages 187-196 Centered newton method for mathematical programming....Pages 197-206 Application of generalized raiffa solution to multicriteria bargaining support....Pages 207-211 Recent results on nondifferentiable exact penalty functions....Pages 212-220 A penalty function formulation for interactive multiobjective programming problems....Pages 221-230 Multicriteria optimization in the diso system....Pages 231-240 Sensitivity analysis of a descriptor distributed parameter system and its application to shape optimization....Pages 241-250 Existence of an optimal domain in a domain optimization problem....Pages 251-258 Second order necessary optimality conditions for domain optimization problem with a Neumann problem....Pages 259-268 Optimal sensor and actuator locations in distributed parameter systems....Pages 269-276 Modelling of flexible manipulator arms....Pages 277-286 Column/constraint generation for quadratic assignment problems....Pages 287-298 A prallel algorithm for the machine scheduling problem....Pages 299-306 Optimal tradeoff among delay, throughput and fairness in flow controlled networks....Pages 307-317 Distributed computing of a stochastic algorithm for combinatorial optimization problems....Pages 318-327 Hierarchical simulated annealing optimization in partition problem....Pages 328-337 A mixed integer 0–1 programming heuristic for resource allocation in a decentralized system....Pages 338-347 Symbolic treatment of geometric degeneracies....Pages 348-358 A space efficient algorithm for the greedy triangulation....Pages 359-364 On the reachability region of a ladder in two convex polygons....Pages 365-374 Computational geometry with restricted orientations....Pages 375-384 A population-type model of car market dynamics....Pages 385-394 Model for blast furnace on-line simulation....Pages 395-405 A coverage Monte Carlo method for reliability quantification....Pages 406-415 Transportation investment and dynamic equilibrium in a multiregional input-output system....Pages 416-425 Modelling and optimization of public traffic large scale systems....Pages 426-435 Incentive stackelberg strategies in linear quadratic differential games with two noncooperative followers....Pages 436-445 Stackelberg game model incorporating public participation for electric generating system development....Pages 446-454 Cooperative fuzzy game with side-payments....Pages 455-461 Dynamic simulation and optimal control of urban Socio-Economic and Eco-Environment system....Pages 462-470 Application of multicriteria optimization to structural systems....Pages 471-483 Application of optimization methods in structural systems reliability theory....Pages 484-497 Safety assessment of bridges during construction....Pages 498-507 Conventional & reliability comparison study of various....Pages 508-517 Energy optimization in industrial models....Pages 518-529 Discretization and markov modeling of a state variable in dynamic programming....Pages 530-538 Power generator control by variable structure control theory....Pages 539-548 Automatic generation control in hydro-thermal electric power system....Pages 549-557 Stochastic model for optimal gas exploitation....Pages 558-564 A resource planning and management system for pine plantations in fiji....Pages 565-573 A stochastic growth model for even-aged single-species forest stands....Pages 574-583 Modelling forest mosaics....Pages 584-593 Forestry applications of operations research....Pages 594-603 Aggregation of ecological networks based on information theory....Pages 604-613 Constrained cross-validation applied to estimation of kinetic parameters of cell populations in perturbed growth....Pages 614-623 On the choice of parameters in mathematical models of immunological tolerance....Pages 624-631 A mathematical model of trophic interaction of biopopulations of biological systems....Pages 632-642 Optimal planning for operating a production process with a buffer and an electric power plant....Pages 643-651 Computer aided sawmill design and evaluation....Pages 652-661 Online application of large scale linear programming to pulp and paper mill by mini-computer....Pages 662-671 Investigation and optimization of reliability of transport networks....Pages 672-680 An optimal solution of the assembly line balancing problem with the balancing index as a primary objective function....Pages 681-690 Scheduling flow-shops with parallel machines and finite in-process buffers by multilevel programming....Pages 691-700 Solution methods of plants location dynamic problems in continuous-time....Pages 701-714 A method of congestion control in the computer network node....Pages 715-724 Program optimization with logic program transformation....Pages 725-734 The sensitivity of some recognition algorithms for printed Arabic characters....Pages 735-743 Analysis of a time-shared central server system with heterogeneous distributed stations....Pages 744-756 Parallel ray tracing on a cellular array processor....Pages 757-765 The FPS T series supercomputer....Pages 766-785