• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2003

In this paper, we focus an optimal policy focus optimal class of (s, S) inventory control systems. To this end, we use the perturbation analysis and apply a stochastic optimization algorithm to minimize the average cost over a period. We obtain the gradients of objective function with respect to ordering amount S and reorder point s via a combined perturbation method. This method uses the infinitesimal perturbation analysis and the smoothed perturbation analysis alternatively according to occurrences of ordering event changes. Our simulation results indicate that the optimal estimates of s and S obtained from a stochastic optimization algorithm are quite accurate. We consider that this may be due to the estimated gradients of little noise from the regenerative system simulation, and their effect on search procedure when we apply the stochastic optimization algorithm. The directions for future study stemming from this research pertain to extension to the more general inventory system with regard to demand distribution, backlogging policy, lead time, and review period. Another directions involves the efficiency of stochastic optimization algorithm related to searching procedure for an improving point of (s, S).

• ETRI Journal
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.119-130
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• 2023

We propose a quantized gradient search algorithm that can achieve global optimization by monotonically reducing the quantization step with respect to time when quantization is composed of integer or fixed-point fractional values applied to an optimization algorithm. According to the white noise hypothesis states, a quantization step is sufficiently small and the quantization is well defined, the round-off error caused by quantization can be regarded as a random variable with identically independent distribution. Thus, we rewrite the searching equation based on a gradient descent as a stochastic differential equation and obtain the monotonically decreasing rate of the quantization step, enabling the global optimization by stochastic analysis for deriving an objective function. Consequently, when the search equation is quantized by a monotonically decreasing quantization step, which suitably reduces the round-off error, we can derive the searching algorithm evolving from an optimization algorithm. Numerical simulations indicate that due to the property of quantization-based global optimization, the proposed algorithm shows better optimization performance on a search space to each iteration than the conventional algorithm with a higher success rate and fewer iterations.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.215-221
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• 1997

A new approach in solving design centering problem is presented. Like most stochastic optimization problems, optimal design centering problems have intrinsic difficulties in multivariate intergration of probability density functions. In order to avoid to avoid those difficulties, genetic algorithm and very coarse Monte Carlo simulation are used in this research. The new algorithm performs robustly while producing improved yields. This result implies that the combination of robust optimization methods and approximated simulation schemes would give promising ways for many stochastic optimizations which are inappropriate for mathematical programming.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.4355-4371
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• 2020

Phase retrieval, recovering a signal from phaseless measurements, is generally considered to be an NP-hard problem. This paper adopts an amplitude-based nonconvex optimization cost function to develop a new stochastic gradient algorithm, named stochastic reweighted phase retrieval (SRPR). SRPR is a stochastic gradient iteration algorithm, which runs in two stages: First, we use a truncated sample stochastic variance reduction algorithm to initialize the objective function. The second stage is the gradient refinement stage, which uses continuous updating of the amplitude-based stochastic weighted gradient algorithm to improve the initial estimate. Because of the stochastic method, each iteration of the two stages of SRPR involves only one equation. Therefore, SRPR is simple, scalable, and fast. Compared with the state-of-the-art phase retrieval algorithm, simulation results show that SRPR has a faster convergence speed and fewer magnitude-only measurements required to reconstruct the signal, under the real- or complex- cases.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1997년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.699-701
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• 1997

The simulated annealing(SA) algorithm is a stochastic strategy for search of the ground state and a powerful tool for optimization, based on the annealing process used for the crystallization in physical systems. It's main disadvantage is the long convergence time. Therefore, this paper proposes a stochastic algorithm combined with conventional deterministic optimization method to reduce the computation time, which is called SDS(Stochastic-Deterministic-Stochastic) method.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제14B권7호
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• pp.523-530
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 자동 독순(automatic lipreading)의 인식기로 쓰이는 은닉 마르코프 모델(HMM: hidden Markov model)의 새로운 확률적 최적화 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 전역 최적화가 가능한 확률적 기법인 모의 담금질과 지역 최적화 기법을 결합하는 것으로써, 알고리즘의 빠른 수렴과 좋은 해로의 수렴을 가능하게 한다. 제안하는 알고리즘이 전역 최적해로 수렴함을 수학적으로 보인다. 제안하는 기법을 통해 HMM을 학습함으로써 기존의 알고리즘이 지역해만을 찾는 단점을 개선함으로써 향상된 독순 성능을 나타냄을 실험으로 보인다.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2023

본 논문의 목적은 이항출력 실험을 이용할 경우에 확률적 전역 최적화 방법론들을 검토하고 알고리즘들간의 성능을 비교하기 위한 것이다. 모 성공확률은 알수 없고 확률적 특성을 갖기 때문에 확률적 전역 최적화 방법론에서는 모 성공확률 대신 성공확률의 추정치를 이용한다. 언덕오르기 알고리즘 , 단순랜덤탐색, 랜덤재출발 랜덤탐색, 랜덤 최적화, 담금질 기법 및 군집기반의 알고리즘인 입자 군집 최적화 알고리즘을 확률적 전역 최적화 알고리즘으로 사용하였다. 알고리즘의 비교를 위하여 두가지 테스트 함수(하나는 단봉이고 나머지는 다봉임)가 제안되었고 몬테카를로 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 알고리즘의 성능을 평가하였다. 단순 테스트 함수에 대하여는 모든 알고리즘이 유사한 성능을 보이고 있다. 복잡한 다봉의 테스트 함수에 대하여는 랜덤재출발 랜덤최적화, 담금질 기법과 군집 기반의 입자군집 알고리즘이 훨씬 더 좋은 성능을 보임을 알 수 있다.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2004

This paper deals with a new approach to tolerance optimization problems. Optimal tolerance allotment problems can be formulated as stochastic optimization problems. Most schemes to solve the stochastic optimization problems have been found to exhibit difficulties in multivariate integration of the probability density function. As a typical example of stochastic optimization the optimal tolerance allotment problem has the same difficulties. In this stochastic model, manufacturing system is represented by Gauss-Markov stochastic process and the manufacturing unit availability is characterized for realistic optimization modeling. The new algorithm performed robustly for a large deviation approximation. A significant reduction in computation time was observed compared to the results obtained in previous studies.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.89-102
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• 2000

In this paper, we consider an optimal allocation of constant service efforts in queueing network to maximize the system throughput. For this purpose, using the perturbation analysis, we apply a stochastic optimization algorithm to two types of queueing systems. Our simulation results indicate that the estimates obtained from a stochastic optimization algorithm for a two-tandem queuing network are very accurate, and those for closed loop manufacturing system are a little apart from the known optimal allocation. We find that as simulation time increases for obtaining a new gradient (performance measure with respect to decision variables) by perturbation algorithm, the estimates tend to be more stable. Thus, we consider that it would be more desirable to have more accurate sensitivity of performance measure by enlarging simulation time rather than more searching steps with less accurate sensitivity. We realize that more experiments on various types of systems are needed to identify such a relationship with regards to stopping rule, the size of moving step, and updating period for sensitivity.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권9호
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• pp.1600-1604
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• 2010

This paper presents the optimum design of the brushless motor to maximize the output power per weight considering the design parameter tolerance. The optimization is proceeded by commercial software that is adopted the scatter-search algorithm and the characteristic analysis is conducted by FEM. The stochastic optimum design results are compared with those of the deterministic optimization method. We can verify that the results of the stochastic optimization is superior than that of deterministic optimization.