We introduce the generalized Probabilistic Approximate Optimization Algorithm (PAOA), a classical variational Monte Carlo framework that extends and formalizes the recently introduced PAOA, enabling ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. Mass, heat and power integration between chemical processes ...

With the increasing penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) in road traffic, the spatial and temporal stochasticity of the travel pattern and charging demand of EVs as a mode of transportation and an ...

Dedicated to the late Professor M. J. D. Powell FRS (1936–2015). To use the Python version of PDFO on Linux, Mac, or Windows, you need Python (version 3.8 or above). It is highly recommended to ...

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Addressing the challenge of efficiently solving multi-objective optimization problems (MOP) and attaining satisfactory optimal solutions has always posed a formidable task. In this paper, based on the ...

PRIMA is a package for solving general nonlinear optimization problems without using derivatives. It provides the reference implementation for Powell's renowned derivative-free optimization methods, i ...

We present two frameworks for design optimization of a multi-chamber pneumatic-driven soft actuator to optimize its mechanical performance. The design goal is to achieve maximal horizontal motion of ...

This paper presents a continuous method for solving binary quadratic programming problems. First, the original problem is converted into an equivalent continuous optimization problem by using NCP ...

1 Department of Computer Science, Catholic University College of Ghana, Sunyani, Ghana. 2 Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, ...