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Cross-Efficiency in Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis (FDEA): Some Proposals
2013
Different techniques have been proposed in the literature to rank decision making units (DMUs) in the context of Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis. In our opinion, those that result from using a ranking method to order the fuzzy efficiencies obtained are susceptible to a serious criticism: they are not based on objective criteria. Cross-efficiency evaluation was introduced as an extension of DEA aimed at ranking the DMUs. This methodology has found a significant number of applications and has been extensively investigated. In this chapter, we discuss some difficulties that arise with the definition of fuzzy cross-efficiencies and we propose a fuzzy cross-efficiency evaluation based on the FDE…
Alignment of Noisy and Uniformly Scaled Time Series
2009
The alignment of noisy and uniformly scaled time series is an important but difficult task. Given two time series, one of which is a uniformly stretched subsequence of the other, we want to determine the stretching factor and the offset of the second time series within the first one. We adapted and enhanced different methods to address this problem: classical FFT-based approaches to determine the offset combined with a naive search for the stretching factor or its direct computation in the frequency domain, bounded dynamic time warping and a new approach called shotgun analysis, which is inspired by sequencing and reassembling of genomes in bioinformatics. We thoroughly examined the strengt…
Evaluation of the shakedown limit load multiplier for stochastic seismic actions
2017
A new approach for the evaluation of the shakedown limit load multiplier for structures subjected to a combination of quasi-statically variable loads and seismic actions is presented. The common case of frame structures constituted by elastic perfectly plastic material is considered. The acting load history during the lifetime of the structure will be defined as a suitable combination of never ending quasi-statical loads, variable within an appropriate given domain, and stochastic seismic actions occurring for limited time interval. The proposed approach utilizes the Monte Carlo method in order to generate a suitable large number of seismic acceleration histories and the corresponding shake…
A thermoeconomics-based approach to the integrated optimization of design and operation for decentralised energy systems and variable load conditions
2006
The many comprehensive approaches formulated for the optimization of large industrial energy systems have been rarely applied to small and medium scale units, because of the difficulties in handling a continuously variable energy demand and of the lower margins for energy and emissions saving. Today, the growing interest for decentralised energy systems in the civil sector stimulates major efforts for the optimization of such plants, with a particular focus on the control system and on a management strategy able to exploit the opportunities existing in the free energy market. In this paper a methodology is proposed for the optimization of design and operation of variable demand systems supp…
External constraints on optimal control strategies in molecular orientation and photofragmentation: Role of zero-area fields
2013
We propose a new formulation of optimal and local control algorithms which enforces the constraint of time-integrated zero-area on the control field. The fulfillment of this requirement, crucial in many physical applications, is mathematically implemented by the introduction of a Lagrange multiplier aiming at penalizing the pulse area. This method allows to design a control field with an area as small as possible, while bringing the dynamical system close to the target state. We test the efficiency of this approach on two control purposes in molecular dynamics, namely, orientation and photodissociation.
Notes on bilinear multipliers on Orlicz spaces
2019
Let $\Phi_1 , \Phi_2 $ and $ \Phi_3$ be Young functions and let $L^{\Phi_1}(\mathbb{R})$, $L^{\Phi_2}(\mathbb{R})$ and $L^{\Phi_3}(\mathbb{R})$ be the corresponding Orlicz spaces. We say that a function $m(\xi,\eta)$ defined on $\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}$ is a bilinear multiplier of type $(\Phi_1,\Phi_2,\Phi_3)$ if \[ B_m(f,g)(x)=\int_\mathbb{R} \int_\mathbb{R} \hat{f}(\xi) \hat{g}(\eta)m(\xi,\eta)e^{2\pi i (\xi+\eta) x}d\xi d\eta \] defines a bounded bilinear operator from $L^{\Phi_1}(\mathbb{R}) \times L^{\Phi_2}(\mathbb{R})$ to $L^{\Phi_3}(\mathbb{R})$. We denote by $BM_{(\Phi_1,\Phi_2,\Phi_3)}(\mathbb{R})$ the space of all bilinear multipliers of type $(\Phi_1,\Phi_2,\Phi_3)$ and inve…
Qualification conditions for multivalued functions in Banach spaces with applications to nonsmooth vector optimization problems
1994
In this paper we introduce qualification conditions for multivalued functions in Banach spaces involving the A-approximate subdifferential, and we show that these conditions guarantee metric regularity of multivalued functions. The results are then applied for deriving Lagrange multipliers of Fritz—John type and Kuhn—Tucker type for infinite non-smooth vector optimization problems.
NoteAbout the Concept of “Net Multipliers”
2002
Net multipliers, as introduced by Oosterhaven and Stelder (2002) accept outputs as entries instead of final demand. They are found by multiplying ordinary multipliers by the final demand ratio over the sector’s output. This pragmatic solution suffers from ratio instability over time. The alternative net multipliers proposed here are based on the interpretation of the Leontief inverse matrix for the effects generated at each round. The new solution is not sensitive to the size of impacts. Now net multiplier is equal to the corresponding ordinary multiplier minus one, and the ordering of multipliers is unchanged.
The McShane, PU and Henstock integrals of Banach valued functions
2002
Some relationships between the vector valued Henstock and McShane integrals are investigated. An integral for vector valued functions, defined by means of partitions of the unity (the PU-integral) is studied. In particular it is shown that a vector valued function is McShane integrable if and only if it is both Pettis and PU-integrable. Convergence theorems for the Henstock variational and the PU integrals are stated. The families of multipliers for the Henstock and the Henstock variational integrals of vector valued functions are characterized.
Prima della riforma ospedaliera. Il sistema assistenziale di Palermo dai Normanni agli Aragonesi (XI-XV secolo)
2019
Il saggio ricostruisce le origini del sistema assistenziale palermitano nei secoli precedenti la riforma ospedaliera quattrocentesca. Attraverso la rilettura di fonti edite e l'utilizzo di documenti inediti, si rivedranno gli assunti di una storiografia erudita spesso non verificata. Seguendo le molteplici fasi vissute dalla città nel corso dei secoli, verranno distinte le realtà caritative legate all'arrivo e allo stabilizzarsi del potere normanno (secoli XI-XII) da quelle successive (secoli XIII-XV), frutto di dinamiche politiche, sociali e culturali del tutto differenti The essay reconstructs the origins of the Palermo assistance system before the Fifteenth-century hospital reform. Throu…