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dc.contributor.authorBlanchard, E.
dc.contributor.authorLoxton, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorRehbock, Volker
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:00:36Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:00:36Z
dc.date.created2014-07-22T20:00:24Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationBlanchard, E. and Loxton, R. and Rehbock, V. 2013. A computational algorithm for a class of non-smooth optimal control problems arising in aquaculture operations. Applied Mathematics and Computations. 219 (16): pp. 8738-8746.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27690
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.amc.2013.02.070
dc.description.abstract

This paper introduces a computational approach for solving non-linear optimal control problems in which the objective function is a discontinuous function of the state. We illustrate this approach using a dynamic model of shrimp farming in which shrimp are harvested at several intermediate times during the production cycle. The problem is to choose the optimal harvesting times and corresponding optimal harvesting fractions (the percentage of shrimp stock extracted) to maximize total revenue. The main difficulty with this problem is that the selling price of shrimp is modelled as a piecewise constant function of the average shrimp weight and thus the revenue function is discontinuous. By performing a time-scaling transformation and introducing a set of auxiliary binary variables, we convert the shrimp harvesting problem into an equivalent optimization problem that has a smooth objective function. We then use an exact penalty method to solve this equivalent problem. We conclude the paper with a numerical example.

dc.publisherElsevier Inc.
dc.subjectShrimp farming
dc.subjectExact penalty function
dc.subjectNon-smooth optimization
dc.subjectOptimal control
dc.titleA computational algorithm for a class of non-smooth optimal control problems arising in aquaculture operations
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume219
dcterms.source.number16
dcterms.source.startPage8738
dcterms.source.endPage8746
dcterms.source.issn0096-3003
dcterms.source.titleApplied Mathematics and Computations
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NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Applied Mathematics and Computations. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published Applied Mathematics and Computations, Vol. 219, Issue 6. (2013). doi: 10.1016/j.amc.2013.02.070

curtin.departmentDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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