In collaboration with Payame Noor University and the Iranian Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers
Control and Optimization
A Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control for Nonlinear Leader-Follower Multi-Agent Systems

Negar Izadi; Mohammad Taghi Dastjerdi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 05 July 2023

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.64817.1209

Abstract
  In this paper‎, ‎we present a new approach for achieving leader-follower consensus in a network of nonlinear dynamic agents with an undirected graph topology‎, ‎using a fuzzy sliding mode controller (FSMC) for Multi-Agent Systems (MASs)‎. ‎Our proposed sliding mode controller ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Dynamical Behaviour of Fractional Order ‎‎SEIR‎ ‎Mathematical Model for Infectious Disease Transmission

Reza Akbari; Leader Navaei; Mohammad Shahriari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 04 October 2023

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.64849.1210

Abstract
  This paper presents an extension of the SEIR mathematical model for infectious disease‎ ‎transmission to a fractional-order model‎. ‎The model is formulated using the Caputo derivative of order α ∈ (0, 1]‎. ‎We study the stability of equilibrium points‎, ‎including ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Optimal Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for a Class of Nonlinear Affine Systems

Masoomeh Ebrahimipour; Saeed Nezhadhosein‎; Seyed Mehdi Mirhosseini-Alizamini

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 November 2023

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.67868.1236

Abstract
  This paper presents an optimal robust adaptive technique for controlling a certain class of uncertain nonlinear affine systems‎. ‎The proposed approach combines sliding mode control‎, ‎a linear quadratic regulator for optimality, and gradient descent as an adaptive controller‎. ‎ ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Hesitant Fuzzy Equation

Fatemeh Babakordi; Nemat Allah ‎Taghi-Nezhad

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 05 December 2023

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.68208.1240

Abstract
  This paper presents the introduction of two novel equation types: the partial hesitant fuzzy equation and the half hesitant fuzzy equation‎. Additionally, ‎ an efficient method is proposed to solve these equations by defining four solution categories: Controllable‎, ‎Tolerable Solution ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Optimizing Supply Chain Design for Sustainability and Reliability‎: ‎A Comparative Study of Augmented Epsilon‎‎‎ and Normalized Normal Constraint Methods

Sajad Amirian; Maghsoud Amiri; Mohammad Taghi Taghavifard

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 05 December 2023

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.67540.1230

Abstract
  Integrating sustainability and reliability represents a synergistic approach that can be explored through the problem of a closed-loop supply chain network design (SCND)‎. ‎This study is conducted in three stages‎: ‎mathematical modeling‎, ‎model solution using exact methods‎, ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Solving Fractional Optimal Control-Affine Problems via Fractional-Order Hybrid Jacobi Functions

Zeinab Barary; AllahBakhsh Yazdani Cherati; Somayeh Nemati

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 16 December 2023

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.68826.1243

Abstract
  This paper proposes and analyzes an applicable approach for numerically computing the solution of fractional optimal control-affine problems. The fractional derivative in the problem is considered in the sense of Caputo. The approach is based on a fractional-order hybrid of block-pulse functions and ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Control of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Fahimeh Akhavan Ghassabzade; Mina Bagherpoorfard

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 24 December 2023

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.67777.1233

Abstract
  ‎This paper aims to demonstrate the flexibility of mathematical models in analyzing carbon dioxide emissions and account for memory effects. ‎The use of real data amplifies the importance of this study‎. ‎This research focuses on developing a mathematical model utilizing fractional-order ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Big Data Analytics and Data Mining Optimization Techniques for Air Traffic Management

Abbas Ali Rezaee; Hadis Ahmadian Yazdi; Mahdi Yousefzadeh Aghdam; Sahar Ghareii

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 02 January 2024

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.66151.1222

Abstract
  With the advancements in science and technology‎, ‎the industrial and aviation sectors have witnessed a significant increase in data‎. ‎A vast amount of data is generated and utilized continuously‎. ‎It is imperative to employ data mining techniques to extract and uncover knowledge ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Optimality Conditions for Properly Efficient Solutions of Nonsmooth Multiobjective GSIP

Ali Asghar Hojatifard; Nader Kanzi; ‎Shahriar Farahmand Rad

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 02 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.67823.1234

Abstract
  This paper aims to establish first-order necessary optimality conditions for non-smooth multi-objective generalized semi-infinite programming problems‎. ‎These problems involve inequality constraints whose index set depends on the decision vector‎, ‎and all emerging functions are assumed ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Solving Linear Fractional Programming Problems in Uncertain Environments‎: ‎A Novel Approach with Grey Parameters

Farid Pourofoghi; Davood Darvishi Salokolaei

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.67881.1235

Abstract
  Fractional programming is a significant nonlinear planning tool within operation research‎. ‎It finds applications in diverse domains such as resource allocation‎, ‎transportation‎, ‎production programming‎, ‎performance evaluation‎, ‎and finance‎. ‎In ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
A Hybrid Floyd-Warshall and Graph Coloring Algorithm for Finding the Smallest Number of Colors Needed for a Distance Coloring of Graphs

Hanifa Mosawi; Mostafa Tavakolli; Khatere Ghorbani-Moghadam

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2023.68880.1244

Abstract
  Graph coloring is a crucial area of research in graph theory, with numerous algorithms proposed for various types of graph coloring, particularly graph p-distance coloring‎. In this study, we employ a recently introduced graph coloring algorithm to develop a hybrid algorithm approximating the chromatic ...  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

Control and Optimization
Enlarging the Region of Attraction for Nonlinear Systems through the Sum-of-Squares Programming

Jahangir Alizadeh; Hamid Khaloozadeh

Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 19-37

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2020.53510.1141

Abstract
  In the present study‎, ‎a novel methodology is developed to enlarge the Region of Attraction (ROA) at the point of equilibrium of an input-affine nonlinear control system‎. ‎Enlarging the ROA for non-polynomial dynamical systems is developed by designing a nonlinear state feedback controller ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Discover the Maximum Descriptive User Groups on the Social Web

Zahra Abbasi; Nasser Akhoundi

Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 39-48

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2020.49118.1127

Abstract
  Product reviews in E-commerce websites such as restaurants‎, ‎movies‎, ‎E-commerce products‎, ‎etc.‎, ‎are essential resources for consumers to make purchasing decisions on various items‎. ‎In this paper‎, ‎we model discovering groups with maximum descriptively ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Analysis of Students' Mistakes in Solving Integrals to Minimize their Mistakes

Mohammad Darvisahzadeh; Ahmad Shahvarani Semnani; Hassan Alamolhodaei,; Hassan Behzadi

Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 49-60

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2020.55039.1148

Abstract
  Experiences of teaching Integral have indicated that the vast majorities of Iranian university students commit numerous errors while solving integral problems and have weak skills in this field; we might even say that they hide away from integral and consider it the nightmare of mathematics‎. ‎On ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Weakly Perfect Graphs of Modules

Mostafa Nouri Jouybari; Yahya Talebi Rostami; Siyamak Firouzian

Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 61-67

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2021.55089.1149

Abstract
  In this study‎, ‎$R$ and $M$ are assumed to be a commutative ring with non-zero identity $M$ and an $R$-module‎, ‎respectively‎. ‎Scalar Product Graph of $M$‎, ‎denoted by $G_R(M)$‎, ‎is a graph with the vertex-set $M$ and two different vertices $a$ and $b$ in ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Model Predictive Control for a 3D Pendulum on SO(3) Manifold Using Convex Optimization

Sara Mansourinasab; Mahdi Sojoodi; Seyed Reza Moghadasi

Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 69-80

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2021.50933.1134

Abstract
  Conventional model predictive control (MPC) methods are usually implemented to systems with discrete-time dynamics laying on smooth vector space $ \mathbf{R}^n$‎. ‎In contrast‎, ‎the configuration space of the majority of mechanical systems is not expressed as Euclidean space‎. ‎Therefore‎, ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
A Numerical Solution of Fractional Optimal Control Problems Using Spectral Method and Hybrid Functions

seyed mehdy shafiof; Javad Askari; Maryam Shams Solary

Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2018, , Pages 1-25

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2019.46969.1119

Abstract
  In this paper‎, ‎a modern method is presented to solve a class of fractional optimal control problems (FOCPs) indirectly‎. ‎First‎, ‎the necessary optimality conditions for the FOCP are obtained in the form of two fractional differential equations (FDEs)‎. ‎Then‎, ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
A New Hybrid Conjugate Gradient Method Based on Eigenvalue Analysis for Unconstrained Optimization Problems

Farzad Rahpeymaii; majid rostami

Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2018, , Pages 27-43

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2019.44564.1108

Abstract
  In this paper‎, ‎two extended three-term conjugate gradient methods based on the Liu-Storey ({\tt LS})‎ ‎conjugate gradient method are presented to solve unconstrained optimization problems‎. ‎A remarkable property of the proposed methods is that the search direction always satisfies‎ ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Hybrid Time Delay Petri Nets as a Mathematical Novel Tool to Model Dynamic System with Current Sample Time

Alireza Ahangarani Farahani; Abbas Dideban

Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2018, , Pages 45-64

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2019.41925.1090

Abstract
  The existing modeling methods using Petri Nets‎, ‎have been successfully applied to model and analyze dynamic systems‎. ‎However‎, ‎these methods are not capable of modeling all dynamic systems such as systems with the current sample time signals‎, ‎systems including various ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Best Proximity Point Result for New Type of Contractions in Metric Spaces with a Graph

Kamal Fallahi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2018, , Pages 65-73

https://doi.org/10.30473/coam.2019.45808.1112

Abstract
  In this paper‎, ‎we introduce a new type of graph contraction using a special class of functions and give a best proximity point theorem for this contraction in complete metric spaces endowed with a graph under two different conditions‎. ‎We then support our main theorem by a non-trivial ...  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

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

Control and Optimization
Haar Matrix Equations for Solving Time-Variant Linear-Quadratic Optimal Control Problems

Saeed Nezhadhosein

Volume 2, Issue 2 , December 2017, , Pages 1-14

Abstract
  ‎In this paper‎, ‎Haar wavelets are performed for solving continuous time-variant linear-quadratic optimal control problems‎. ‎Firstly‎, ‎using necessary conditions for optimality‎, ‎the problem is changed into a two-boundary value problem (TBVP)‎. ‎Next‎, ...  Read More

Control and Optimization
Application of Grey System Theory in Rainfall Estimation

Davood Darvishi Salookolaei; Sifeng Liu; Parvin Babaei

Volume 2, Issue 2 , December 2017, , Pages 15-32

Abstract
  Considering the fact that Iran is situated in an arid and semi-arid region, rainfall prediction for the management of water resources is very important and necessary. Researchers have proposed various prediction methods that have been utilized in such areas as water and meteorology, especially water ...  Read More