We consider the optimal scheduling of hydropower plants in a hydrothermal interconnected system. This problem, of outmost importance for large-scale power systems with a high proportion of hydraulic ...

Microplastics seem to be everywhere—in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. They have turned up in human organs, blood, testicles, placentas and even brains. While the full health ...

Quadratically constrained quadratic programming (QCQP) problems appear in a wide range of engineering fields, including computer science, communication engineering, and finance. A key difficulty in ...

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Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Batch reactors are type of chemical reactors, where the reactants are loaded to ...

Extended heat or cooler-than-usual temperatures can cause bitter cucumbers. Why do my cucumbers taste bitter? What causes blossom end rot? Find answers to common garden problems and solutions to keep ...

Abstract: This letter proposes an algorithm for solving finite-time nonlinear optimal control problems. The proposed method employs the Gauss pseudospectral method to transform the optimal control ...

The boundary value problems (BVPs) have attracted the attention of many scientists from both practical and theoretical points of view, for these problems have remarkable applications in different ...