• DocumentCode
    959455
  • Title

    Fast Hybrid Computer Implementation of the Dynostat Algorithm

  • Author

    Gibson, John A. ; Marks, Terence W.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1972
  • Firstpage
    872
  • Lastpage
    880
  • Abstract
    In optimal resource allocation problems the Dynostat algorithm separates the overall optimization task into less complicated optimum seeking techniques working in parallel. A hybrid computer implementation is shown to provide a much faster optimizer than was previously the case using a digital computer. Solution accuracies are considered adequate for many practical applications. The improved formulation presented of gradient search is advantageous for high-speed optimization. Confidence is increased in analog computer solutions by introducing auxiliary algorithms that check on solution feasibility and also improve accuracy.
  • Keywords
    Analog computers; Analog-digital conversion; Application software; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Cost function; Gradient methods; Linear systems; Optimal control; Resource management; Hybrid and digital computer comparisons; optimal resource allocation; parallel optimizer Dynostat; search point steering; solution checks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TC.1972.5009043
  • Filename
    5009043