Abstract

After a brief introduction to the field of Conic Optimization we present an application to the (robust) resistor network topology design problem, where the goal is to design an electrical network containing resistors, such that the dissipation is minimal, given the external current values at the nodes of the network and assuming that the conductance values satisfy some normalizing constraint. We present a linear model for the single-current case and semidefinite models for multi-current cases. All models are illustrated by examples.

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Publication details

DOI
10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp125-146
Journal
Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 16, 125
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University
Open access
Gold open access
License
CC BY 4.0

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APA 7

Roos, C., Bai, Y., & Chaerani, D. (2012). Robust Resistance Network Topology Design by Conic Optimization. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 16, 125. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp125-146

MLA 9

Roos, Cornelis, et al. "Robust Resistance Network Topology Design by Conic Optimization." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 16, 2012, pp. 125. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp125-146.

Chicago (author–date)

Roos, Cornelis, Yanqin Bai, and Diah Chaerani. 2012. "Robust Resistance Network Topology Design by Conic Optimization." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science 16: 125. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp125-146.

Harvard

Roos, C., Bai, Y. and Chaerani, D. (2012) 'Robust Resistance Network Topology Design by Conic Optimization', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 16, pp. 125. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp125-146.

Vancouver

Roos C, Bai Y, Chaerani D. Robust Resistance Network Topology Design by Conic Optimization. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science. 2012;16:125. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp125-146

IEEE

C. Roos, Y. Bai, and D. Chaerani, "Robust Resistance Network Topology Design by Conic Optimization," Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 16, pp. 125, 2012, doi: 10.24200/squjs.vol17iss1pp125-146.