In collaboration with Payame Noor University and the Iranian Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers
Control and Optimization
Optimal Shape Design for a Cooling Pin Fin Connection Profil

Seyed Hamed Hashemi Mehne; Khodayar Javadi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , December 2017, , Pages 61-76

Abstract
  A shape optimization problem of cooling fins for computer parts and integrated circuits is modeled and solved in this paper. The main purpose is to determine the shape of a two-dimensional pin fin, which leads to the maximum amount of removed heat. To do this, the shape optimization problem is defined ...  Read More

Design of a Fuzzy System Based on Lookup Table for Diagnosis and Predicting of Metabolic Syndrome in Preschoolers‎, ‎Children‎, ‎and Adolescents

Mohammad Dehghandar; Ghasem Ahmadi; Heydar Aghebatbeen Monfared

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 61-80

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2021.60179.1170

Abstract
  The purpose of this study was to provide a fuzzy system for predicting and diagnosing metabolic syndrome (MetS) in preschoolers‎, ‎children‎, ‎and adolescents‎. ‎In this study‎, ‎previous research on the factors affecting metabolic syndrome‎, ‎especially in children‎, ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms with Optimization Purposes

Rohollah Alesheykh

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2016, , Pages 63-75

Abstract
  The field of optimization and machine learning are increasingly interplayed and optimization in different problems leads to the use of machine learning approaches‎. ‎Machine learning algorithms work in reasonable computational time for specific classes of problems and have important role in extracting ...  Read More

Blockchain Technology in Optimizing Logistics Information‎ ‎Security in Business Process Technology Transfer Management

Seyed Saman Karimi; Tahmoures Sohrabi; Amir Bayat Tork

Volume 8, Issue 2 , December 2023, , Pages 63-84

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.66693.1224

Abstract
  This paper discusses the challenges facing the logistics industry in the global business environment, including issues related to tracking transactions, preserving transaction privacy, and ensuring the security of logistics information. We propose a method for addressing these challenges using a blockchain-based ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
A New Approach for Approximating Solution of Continuous Semi-Infinite Linear Programming

Alireza Fakharzadeh Jahromi; Zahra Alamdar Ghahferokhi

Volume 2, Issue 1 , April 2017, , Pages 65-76

Abstract
  ‎This paper describes a new optimization method for solving continuous semi-infinite linear problems‎. ‎With regard to the dual properties‎, ‎the problem is presented as a measure theoretical optimization problem‎, ‎in which the existence of the solution is guaranteed‎. ...  Read More

Mathematical Modeling Considering Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Habitats for Biological Losses on Roads

Mohammad Hossein Rahmani Doust; Mohammad Nasser Modoodi; Arash Mowdoudi

Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 69-81

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.63543.1198

Abstract
  Mathematical modeling has been a significant tool in biological sciences for several decades. Modern agricultural practices have had numerous effects on different aspects of ecosystems, particularly on animal populations. This research focuses on road collisions involving wildlife and emphasizes the ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Universal Approximator Property of the Space of Hyperbolic Tangent Functions

Mohammad Hadi Noori Skandari

Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2018, , Pages 75-85

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2019.45540.1111

Abstract
  In this paper, first the space of hyperbolic tangent functions is introduced and then the universal approximator property of this space is proved. In fact, by using this space, any nonlinear continuous function can be uniformly approximated with any degree of accuracy. Also, as an application, this space ...  Read More

On Grey Graphs and their Applications in Optimization

Mohammad Hamidi; Kamal Norouzi‎; Akbar Rezaei

Volume 6, Issue 2 , July 2021, , Pages 79-96

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2022.61195.1181

Abstract
  In this research‎, ‎we use averages and relative measures of interval grey numbers to introduce grey vertices, ‎grey edges‎, ‎and grey graphs (graphs are based on interval grey numbers)‎. ‎To do so‎, ‎we design a grey graph based on a graph (as the underlying graph)‎. ...  Read More

Linearization and Gap Function in Nonsmooth Quasiconvex Optimization Using Incident Subdifferential

Hamed Soroush

Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 79-92

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2022.63088.1196

Abstract
  The purpose of this paper is to develop nonsmooth optimization problems (P) in which all emerging functions are assumed to be real-valued quasiconvex functions that are defined on a finite-dimensional Euclidean space‎. First‎, ‎we introduce two linear optimization problems with the same optimal ...  Read More

Application of the Mixed-Integer Programming Method in Fishery Supply Chain Network Management‎: ‎A Case Study of Shrimp in Golestan Province

Javad Mahdavi Varaki; Iraj Mahdavi; Shahrzad Mirkarimi

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2022, , Pages 99-114

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2022.63182.1197

Abstract
  Social‎, ‎economic‎, ‎and environmental issues such as population growth‎, ‎reduction of natural resources‎, ‎climate change‎, ‎market fluctuations‎, ‎and changing consumer behavior have attracted the attention of politicians to the supply chain of agricultural ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Solving Fully Fuzzy Linear Programming Problems with Zero-One Variables by Ranking Function

Aminalah Alba

Volume 1, Issue 1 , April 2016, , Pages 69-78

Abstract
  Jahanshahloo has suggested a method for the solving linear programming problems with zero-one variables‎. ‎In this paper we formulate fully fuzzy linear programming problems with zero-one variables and a method for solving these problems is presented using the ranking function and also the branch ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Fuzzy Number-Valued Fuzzy Graph

Siyamak Firouzian; Mohamad Adabitabar Firozja

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2016, , Pages 77-86

Abstract
  Graph theory has an important role in the area of applications of networks and clustering‎. ‎In the case of dealing with uncertain data‎, ‎we must utilize ambiguous data such as fuzzy value‎, ‎fuzzy interval value or values of fuzzy number‎. ‎In this study‎, ‎values ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Numerical Solution of the Controlled Harmonic Oscillator by Homotopy Perturbation Method

Seyed Mehdi Mirhosseini-Alizamini

Volume 2, Issue 1 , April 2017, , Pages 77-91

Abstract
  ‎The controlled harmonic oscillator with retarded damping‎, ‎is an important class of optimal control problems which has an important role in oscillating phenomena in nonlinear engineering systems‎. ‎In this paper‎, ‎to solve this problem‎, ‎we presented an analytical ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Optimizing the Static and Dynamic Scheduling problem of Automated Guided Vehicles in Container Terminals

Hassan Rashidi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , December 2017, , Pages 77-101

Abstract
  The Minimum Cost Flow (MCF) problem is a well-known problem in the area of network optimisation. To tackle this problem, Network Simplex Algorithm (NSA) is the fastest solution method. NSA has three extensions, namely Network Simplex plus Algorithm (NSA+), Dynamic Network Simplex Algorithm (DNSA) and ...  Read More

A Fully Fuzzy Method of Network Data Envelopment Analysis for Assessing Revenue Efficiency Based on Ranking Functions

Mohsen Rostamy-Malkhalifeh; Elham Poudineh; Ali Payan

Volume 3, Issue 2 , January 2018, , Pages 77-96

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2019.46226.1115

Abstract
  The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the revenue efficiency in the fuzzy network data envelopment analysis‎. ‎Precision measurements in real-world data are not practically possible‎, ‎so assuming that data is crisp in solving problems is not a valid assumption‎. ‎One way to ...  Read More

On Edge Fuzzy Line Graphs and their Fuzzy Congraphs

Siyamak Firouzian; Shaban Sedghi; Nabi Shobe

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 81-89

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2021.44084.1102

Abstract
  In this paper‎, ‎we introduce some new concepts of fuzzy graphs with the notion of degree of an edge in fuzzy line graphs and congraphs‎. ‎Also‎, ‎some properties and some‎ ‎lemmas of edge fuzzy line graphs and congraphs are studied‎. ‎Finally‎, ‎we state ...  Read More

The Smallest Number of Colors Needed for a‎ ‎Coloring of the Square of the Cartesian Product of Certain Graphs

Sajad Sohrabi Hesan; Freydoon Rahbarnia; Mostafa Tavakolli

Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 83-93

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2022.54855.1194

Abstract
  Given any graph G‎, ‎its square graph G^2 has the same vertex set as G, ‎with two vertices adjacent in G^2 whenever they are at distance 1 or 2 in G. ‎‎The Cartesian product of graphs G and H is denoted by G□ H. ‎‎One of the most studied NP-hard problems is the graph coloring ...  Read More

Emotion Recognition for Persian Speech Using Convolutional Neural Network and Support Vector Machine

Saeed Hashemi; Saeed Ayat

Volume 8, Issue 2 , December 2023, , Pages 85-105

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.66718.1226

Abstract
  The paper discusses the limitations of emotion recognition in Persian speech due to inefficient feature extraction and classification tools‎. ‎To address this‎, ‎we propose a new method for detecting hidden emotions in Persian speech with higher recognition accuracy‎. ‎The method ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
A Higher Order Online Lyapunov-Based Emotional Learning for Rough-Neural Identifiers

Ghasem Ahmadi; Mohammad Teshnehlab; Fahimeh Soltanian

Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2018, , Pages 87-108

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2019.40779.1083

Abstract
  o enhance the performances of rough-neural networks (R-NNs) in the system identification‎, ‎on the base of emotional learning‎, ‎a new stable learning algorithm is developed for them‎. ‎This algorithm facilitates the error convergence by increasing the memory depth of R-NNs‎. ...  Read More

Optimization of Stakeholders’ Interaction in the Lean Management Process via a Dynamic Game Theory Approach: A Case Study of the National Southern Oilfields Company

Aziz Zobeidi; Abdolhossein Neysi; Tahmoures Sohrabi

Volume 6, Issue 2 , July 2021, , Pages 97-115

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2022.62442.1189

Abstract
  The aim of this paper is to assess and optimize the interaction of stakeholders in the lean management process via a dynamic game theory approach within the National Southern Oilfields Company. The present research is applied in terms of the purpose, and qualitative in terms of the data. Also, in terms ...  Read More

A Cramer Method for Solving Fully Fuzzy Linear Systems Based on Transmission Average

Fatemeh Babakordi; Tofigh Allahviranloo

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2022, , Pages 115-130

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2022.62157.1186

Abstract
  Solving fuzzy linear systems has been widely studied during the last decades‎. ‎However‎, ‎there are still many challenges to solving fuzzy linear equations‎, ‎as most of the studies have used the principle of extension‎, ‎which suffers from shortcomings such as the lack ...  Read More

Single Facility Goal Location Problems with Symmetric and Asymmetric Penalty Functions

Aria ‎Soleimani ‎Koorandeh; Jafar Fathali; Ahmad ‎Nezakati; Morteza Nazari

Volume 4, Issue 1 , July 2019, , Pages 1-14

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2020.51447.1136

Abstract
  Location theory is an interstice field of optimization and operations research‎. ‎In the classic location models‎, ‎the goal is finding the location of one or more facilities such that some criteria such as transportation cost‎, ‎the sum of distances passed by clients‎, ‎total ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Robust switching law design for uncertain time-delay switched linear systems

Mohamad Reza Ramezani-al; Samira Sabeti

Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 1-19

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2020.54034.1143

Abstract
  Guaranteed cost control (GCC) is an impressive method of controlling nonlinear systems‎, ‎incredibly uncertain switched systems‎. ‎Most of the recent studies of GCC on uncertain switched linear systems have been concerned with asymptotic stability analysis‎. ‎In this paper‎, ...  Read More

Necessary Optimality Conditions for Non-smooth Continuous-Time Problems‎ ‎Using Convexificators

Ali Ansari Ardali

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 1-13

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2021.56443.1154

Abstract
  In this paper, ‎we develop general necessary optimality conditions of the KKT types for non-smooth continuous-time optimization problems with inequality constraints‎. ‎The primary instrument in our study is the concept of a convexificator‎. ‎Based on this concept‎, ‎non-smooth ...  Read More

An Adaptive Lyapunov-Based Controller for HIV Treatment

Sahar Vaseei; Mohammad Reza Zarrabi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , July 2020, , Pages 1-10

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2021.56157.1153

Abstract
  In view of the tremendous importance of patients’ stability in medical sciences‎, ‎this paper addresses the application of a sliding mode control in medical devices‎. ‎In doing so‎, ‎we consider a nonlinear dynamic system that shows the mathematical model of the human immunodeficiency ...  Read More