THE USE OF ADAPTIVE CONSTRAINED DESCENT IN SYSTEMS DESIGN,

Abstract

This paper describes the application of an iterative method, the adaptive constrained descent, to system design where system parameters are constrained by both upper and lower limits. The method used is essentially a direct search method, not dependent on the use of derivatives or power series approximations. The technique insures convergence and initial guesses can be arbitrarily chosen in some cases. This fact makes it possible to design networks directly from given characteristics using a high-speed digital computer. Also, design problems which used to be attacked by cut and try can be solved fast and in an optimum manner. The method is straightforward and needs only performance index computation and comparison of each trial solution. Details on programming methods are presented with flow charts. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0433721

Entities

People

  • Tadao Murata

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Convergence
  • Digital Computers
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Power Series
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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