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Successive Linear Programming (SLP), also known as Sequential Linear Programming, is an optimization technique for approximately solving nonlinear optimization problems. [1] It is related to, but distinct from, quasi-Newton methods .
Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%.
"Clay layers" are dry clay (V cl) which also form part of the grain volume.If a core sample is dried in a normal dry oven (non-humidified atmosphere) the clay layers and quartz together form the grain volume, with all other components constituting core analysis “total porosity” (notwithstanding comments in [2]).
A covering LP is a linear program of the form: Minimize: b T y, subject to: A T y ≥ c, y ≥ 0, such that the matrix A and the vectors b and c are non-negative. The dual of a covering LP is a packing LP, a linear program of the form: Maximize: c T x, subject to: Ax ≤ b, x ≥ 0, such that the matrix A and the vectors b and c are non-negative.
Suppose we have the linear program: Maximize c T x subject to Ax ≤ b, x ≥ 0. We would like to construct an upper bound on the solution. So we create a linear combination of the constraints, with positive coefficients, such that the coefficients of x in the constraints are at least c T. This linear combination gives us an upper bound on the ...
The master program incorporates one or all of the new columns generated by the solutions to the subproblems based on those columns' respective ability to improve the original problem's objective. Master program performs x iterations of the simplex algorithm, where x is the number of columns incorporated. If objective is improved, goto step 1.
The Atterberg limits are a basic measure of the critical water contents of a fine-grained soil: its shrinkage limit, plastic limit, and liquid limit.. Depending on its water content, soil may appear in one of four states: solid, semi-solid, plastic and liquid.
Gas porosity is the fraction of a rock or sediment filled with a gas.. Determining the true porosity of a gas filled formation has always been a problem in the oil industry. . While natural gas is a hydrocarbon, similar to oil, the physical properties of the fluids are very different, making it very hard to correctly quantify the total amount of gas in a formati