A novel sphere packing problem is introduced. A maximum number of spheres of different radii should be placed such that the spheres do not overlap and their centers fulfill a quasi-containment condition. The latter allows the spheres to lie partially outside the given cuboidal container....

In [Sass et al., Eur. J. Oper. Res., 316 (1): 36 – 45, 2024], we proposed a branch-and-bound (B&B) algorithm with growing datasets for the deterministic global optimization of parameter estimation problems based on large datasets. Therein, we start the B&B algorithm with a reduced dataset and...

For nonlinear programming problems, we propose a new class of smooth exact penalty functions, which includes both barrier-type and exterior-type penalty functions as special cases. We develop necessary and sufficient conditions for exact penalty property and inverse proposition of exact...

We study a game model of multi-leader and one-follower in supply chain optimization where n suppliers compete to provide a single product for a manufacturer. We regard the selling price of each supplier as a pre-determined parameter and consider the case that suppliers compete on the basis of...

Methods are developed and analyzed for estimating the distance to a local minimizer of a nonlinear programming problem. One estimate, based on the solution of a constrained convex quadratic program, can be used when strict complementary slackness and the second-order sufficient optimality...

This paper presents a new nonlinear programming problem arising in the control of power systems, called optimal power flow with transient stability constraint and variable clearing time of faults and abbreviated as OTS-VT. The OTS-VT model is converted into a implicit generalized semi-infinite...

Several numerical methods for solving nonlinear systems of equations assume that derivative information is available. Furthermore, these approaches usually do not consider the problem of finding all solutions to a nonlinear system. Rather, most methods output a single solution. In this paper, we...

In this paper, a parametric algorithm is introduced for computing all eigenvalues for two Eigenvalue Complementarity Problems discussed in the literature. The algorithm searches a finite number of nested intervals <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$[\bar{l}, \bar{u}]$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mover accent="true"> <mrow> <mi>l</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">¯</mo> </mrow> </mover> <mo>,</mo> <mover accent="true"> <mrow> <mi>u</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">¯</mo> </mrow> </mover> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> </mrow> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation> in such a way that, in...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation>

In a recent paper, Birgin, Floudas and Martínez introduced an augmented Lagrangian method for global optimization. In their approach, augmented Lagrangian subproblems are solved using the <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$\alpha $$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">BB method and convergence to global minimizers was obtained assuming feasibility of the...</emphasis></equationsource></inlineequation>