This work concerns the formulation and solution of a multi-period security-constrained optimal power flow problem for real-time electricity market operations. The solution of the proposed problem is intended to be part of the core pricing procedure for electricity trading in open markets where...

When solving nonlinear least-squares problems, it is often useful to regularize the problem using a quadratic term, a practice which is especially common in applications arising in inverse calculations. A solution method derived from a trust-region Gauss-Newton algorithm is analyzed for such...

In this paper we suggest a cubic regularization for a Newton method as applied to unconstrained minimization problem. For this scheme we prove general convergence results. We analyze the behavior of this scheme on different problem classes, for which we get global and local worst-case complexity...

In this paper we suggest a new version of Gauss-Newton method for solving a system of nonlinear equations, which combines the idea of a sharp merit function with the idea of a quadratic regularization. For this scheme we prove general convergence results and, under a natural non-degeneracy...

A trust-region-based derivative free algorithm for solving bound constrained mixed integer nonlinear programs is developed in this paper. The algorithm is proven to converge to a local minimum after a finite number of function evaluations. In addition, an improved definition of local minima of...

In this thesis an algorithm (MLOPT) for mixed logit models is proposed. Mixed logit models are flexible discrete choice models, but their estimation with large datasets involves the solution of a nonlinear optimization problem with a high dimensional integral in the objective function, which is...

In this paper, we propose a structured trust-region algorithm combining with filter technique to minimize the sum of two general functions with general constraints. Specifically, the new iterates are generated in the Gauss-Seidel type iterative procedure, whose sizes are controlled by a...