Éditeur(s) : EDP Sciences
Résumé : Twelve diel surveys were carried out in three reservoirs of Sri Lanka viz. Minneriya, Udawalawe and Victoria, to investigate diel feeding patterns, daily ration and relative food consumption in fish populations. Stomach content weights of different size classes of various fish species in the three reservoirs in 12 diel surveys were analysed using an iterative method, MAXIMS. Predominantly herbivorous or detritivorous fish species such as Amblypharyngodon melettinus and Oreochromis niloticus exhibited one peak in the diel feeding pattern. Two peak feeding periods were evident in predominantly insectivores and/or zooplanktivores (e. g., Puntius chola and Rasbora daniconius) and interestingly in macrophyte feeders (i.e., Etroplus suratensis, Puntius filamentosus and Tilapia rendalli). It might be possible that all species with two feeding peaks in diel feeding patterns rely on vision for feeding. Food consumption per biomass (Q/B ratio) defined as amount of food consumed per unit weight of an age-structured population of fish was estimated on the basis of the average quantities of food consumed over a long period of time by various size classes in order to minimize the bias of estimates.
Douze séries d'échantillonnage ont été effectuées dans trois lacs-réservoirs du Sri Lanka : Minneriya, Udawalawe et Victoria, afin d'étudier le modèle journalier d'alimentation, les rations journalières et à la consommation relative des populations de poissons. Les poids des contenus stomacaux de différentes classes de taille ont ainsi été analysés en utilisant une méthode itérative, MAXIMS. Les espèces herbivores ou détritivores telles que Amblypharyngodon melettinus et Oreochromis niloticus montrent un pic dans l'activité de nutrition. Tandis que les espèces détrivores et/ou zooplanctivores en présentent deux (ex., Puntius chola et Rasbora daniconius) de même que des espèces se nourrissant de macrophytes (ex., Etroplus suratensis, Puntius filamentosus et Tilapia rendalli). Il est possible que la vision joue un rôle chez ces espèces présentant deux pics journaliers d'alimentation. La consommation de nourriture par rapport à la biomasse (le rapport Q/B) est défini comme la quantité d'aliment consommé par unité de poids d'une population de poissons structurée en âge, sur la base de quantités moyennes de nourriture consommée sur une longue période de temps et par diverses classes de taille, afin de minimiser les biais dans les estimations.
Aquatic Living Resources (0990-7440) (EDP Sciences), 2006-07 , Vol. 19 , N. 3 , P. 229-237

Droits : 2006 EDP
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2134.pdf
DOI:10.1051/alr:2006023
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2134/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
The paper deals with iterative schemes for finding a zero of a maximal monotone operator. A combination of the auxiliary principle with the Tikhonov method is considered. Under some assumptions the sequence generated by such an iterative scheme is shown to converge to a solution of the problem that is required to satisfy an associated variational inequality
Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems

hal-00773198
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00773198

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
This paper deals with variational inclusions of the form 0 2 f(x) + g(x) K where f is smooth function from a re exive Banach space X into a Banach space Y , g is a Lipschitz function from X into Y and K is a nonempty closed convex cone in the space Y . We show that the previous problem can be solved by an extension of the Zincenko's method which can be seen as a perturbed Newton's method. Numerical results are given at the end of the paper.
Revista Investigacion Operacional

hal-00924143
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00924143

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Résumé : International audience
We present iterative methods for finding the critical points and/or the minima of extended real valued functions of the form $phi = psi+ g-h$, where $psi$ is a differentiable function and g and h are convex, proper, and lower semicontinuous. The underlying idea relies upon the discretization of a first order dissipative dynamical system which allows us to preserve the local feature and to obtain some convergence results. The main theorems not only recover known convergence results in this field but also provide a theoretical basis for the development of new iterative methods.
ISSN: 1052-6234

hal-00779987
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00779987
DOI : 10.1137/060655183

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
The main purpose of this note is to propose viscosity approximation methods which amount to selecting a particular fixed-point of a given nonexpansive self mapping in a general Hilbert space. The connection with the selection principles of Attouch, in the context of convex minimization and monotone inclusion problems, is made and an application to a semi-coercive elliptic problem is then stated. Key words: nonexpansive mappings, fixed-points, monotone operators, iterative methods, convex optimization, selection, penalty ...
Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems

hal-00776623
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00776623

Résumé : Cette thèse est consacrée à la résolution d'un problème fondamental de l'analyse variationnelle qu'est la recherchede zéros d'opérateurs maximaux monotones dans un espace de Hilbert. Nous nous sommes tout d'abord intéressés au cas de l'opérateur somme étendue de deux opérateurs maximaux monotones; la recherche d'un zéro de cet opérateur est un problème dont la bibliographie est peu fournie: nous proposons une version modifiée de l'algorithme d'éclatement forward-backward utilisant à chaque itération, l'epsilon-élargissement d'un opérateur maximal monotone,afin de construire une solution. Nous avons ensuite étudié la convergence d'un nouvel algorithme de faisceaux pour construire ID zéro d'un opérateur maximal monotone quelconque en dimension finie. Cet algorithme fait intervenir une double approximation polyédrale de l'epsilon-élargissement de l'opérateur considéré
This thesis is devoted to solving a basic problem of variational analysis which is the search of zeros of maximal monotone operators in a Hilbert space. First of aIl, we concentrate on the case of the extended som of two maximal monotone operators; the search of a zero of this operator is a problem for which the bibliography is not abondant: we purpose a modified version of the forward-backward splitting algorithm using at each iteration, the epsilon-enlargement of a maximal monotone operator, in order to construet a solution. Secondly, we study the convergence of a new bondie algorithm to construet a zero of an arbitrary maximal monotone operator in a finite dimensional space. In this algorithm, intervenes a double polyhedral approximation of the epsilon-enlargement of the considered operator

http://www.theses.fr/2012AGUY0548/document

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Seismological Society of America
Résumé : International audience
We present an improvement of the maximum intersection (MAXI) method in which absolute earthquake location is defined by the maximum intersection number of hyperbolic equal differential time (EDT) volumes (one EDT volume being described as all grid nodes satisfying the arrival‐time differences between two stations, ± a tolerance value known as TERR). This 3D technique is well adapted to a strongly heterogeneous environment, avoids the depth versus origin‐time trade‐off (even using P arrivals alone), and objectively filters possible erroneous arrival times. Improvements consist of introducing an iterative multiscale approach on the TERR parameter and conducting a hierarchy of grid discretization to refine the preliminary solution (multigrid algorithm). The outlier cleaning process is strengthened by conducting statistical analyses based on the number of EDT volume intersections per station, rather than on travel‐time residues. Processing two series of synthetic arrival times computed in the 3D seismological configuration of the southernmost Ryukyu subduction zone, offshore Taiwan, allows us to (1) confirm MAXI robustness, even when arrival times are highly disturbed or azimuthal coverage largely reduced, and (2) show that MAXI, by limiting trade‐offs between origin time and depth and between epicentral position and depth, is less affected by a wrong velocity model than a technique that minimizes travel‐time residues. To conclude, we apply the MAXI method to locate earthquakes recorded by the combined Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan (CWB) and the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) networks (1991-2008) within a georealistic a priori 3D P‐velocity model. Hypocenter determinations are selected based on MAXI confidence factors, and earthquake clustering along well‐known tectonic features witnesses hypocenter determination accuracy.
ISSN: 0037-1106

hal-00725227
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00725227
DOI : 10.1785/0120100311

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer
Résumé : International audience
In this chapter, the aim is the solving of variational inclusions fo the form 0_in f(x)+F(x), where f is a subanalytic and locally Lipschitz function, F is a set-valued map with closed graph. The methods are developped using the metric regularity of (f+F) or the Aubin property of (f+F)^{-1}, and often lead to a superlinear convergence.
Handbook of optimization, from classical to modern approach

ISBN : 978-3-642-30503-0
hal-00757674
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00757674
DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-30504-7-38

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
The Corinth Rift is the most seismically active zone in Europe. Since the year 2000, the Corinth Rift Laboratory (CRL, http://crlab.eu) consisting in a multidisciplinary natural observatory, aims at understanding the mechanics of faulting and earthquake nucleation in the Rift. Recent studies have improved our view about fault geometry and mechanics within CRL but there is still a critical need for a better knowledge of the structure at depth.In this project, we aim to analyze the complete seismological database (13 years of recordings) of CRL by using recently developed methodologies of structural imaging in order to determine, with high resolution, the local 3D structure and the earthquake locations. We perform an iterative joint determination of 3D velocity model and earthquake coordinates. P and S velocity models are estimated through a first arrival traveltime tomography by using the adjoint state method proposed by Taillandier et al. (2009). It consists in the minimization of the cost function between observed and theoretical arrival times,which is achieved by estimating the gradient of the cost function. Earthquake locations are also estimated with a linearized inversion approach by computing the gradient of the misfit function. Iterations are repeated until the cost function no longer decreases. We present preliminary results consisting in: (1) the adjustment of a 1D velocity model that is used as initial model of the 3D tomography and (2) a first attempt of the joint determination of 3D velocity model and earthquake locations.We also perform a preliminary receiver function analysis of teleseismic data recorded by the broadband stations of the CRL network. The multiscale approach (Gesret et. al., 2010) analysis of teleseismic P to S converted waves allows to analyze the signal toward the higher frequencies and thus to characterize the structure at depth with a high resolution. Our multiscale approach should give us reliable depth of interfaces beneath seismometers in the CRL area. In this first attempt, we adjust the 1D velocity model that produces a synthetic RF as similar as possible to the stack of observed RF for a subset of data. The identified interfaces could then be compared with heterogeneities imaged by the tomography.
AGU Fall Meeting
San Fransico, United States

hal-01417184
https://hal-mines-paristech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01417184

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
An iterative method for solving set-valued variational inequalities is considered and its convergence properties are studied under strong monotonicity and coercivity conditions. The results obtained in this paper include, as a special case, some known results in this field.
Mathematical Inequalities & Applications

hal-00776616
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00776616

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Oxford University Press (OUP)
Résumé : This paper presents an inversion method using the interseismic velocity field to determine effective rigidity of the lithosphere. The method is based on the minimization of a cost function defined as the quadratic measure of the difference between measured and modelled velocity fields on a discrete set of points. The continuous mapping of the rigidity is fulfilled with a limited set of parameters and the forward solution is achieved using a plane stress finite element code. The computation of the cost function gradient in the parameters' space allows one to iteratively find the best parameters set through a suitable optimization algorithm.;We first design a benchmark including an abrupt rigidity variation that cannot be described by a continuous function. For such a case, we show that increasing the number of parameters is a way to accurately describe sharp variations of the rigidity map. Then, we use a dense GPS velocity field over the southwestern United States to estimate the corresponding rigidity variations for different spatial resolutions of the parameters' grid. We analyse the conceptual and practical difficulties associated with our methodology. Finally, rigidity maps obtained by our inversion method in southwestern United States and particularly across the San Andreas Fault System are reviewed and compared to current plate rigidity estimates and geophysical data over this area.
ISSN: 0956-540X

hal-00669897
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00669897
DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05192.x

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
In this paper, we introduce and consider a new class of variational inequalities involving two operators, which is called the general nonconvex quasi variational inequality. Several special cases are discussed. We use the projection technique to establish the equivalence between the general noncon vex quasi variational inequalities and the xed point problems. This alternative equivalent formulation is used to study the existence of a solution of the general nonconvex quasi variational inequalities. Using these equivalent for-mulations, we suggest and analyze a wide class of new extragradient methods for solving the general nonconvex quasi variational inequalities. Convergence criteria of these new iterative methods is considered under some suitable conditions.
Bulletin of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

hal-00783908
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00783908

Éditeur(s) : Elsevier Sci Ltd
Résumé : The reduction of by-catch mortality is an objective of the ecosystem approach to fisheries and a request made by consumers. Elasmobranchs, an important component of the French tropical tuna purse seine fishery by-catch, are currently thrown back into the sea. Fishers interact with various types of elasmobranchs that range widely in size, weight and shape, and could pose various degrees of danger to the crew. A diversity of discarding practices within the fleet were reported, some practices were considered suitable, others needed to be adapted and improved and others simply had to be banned. The majority of the crews were likely to improve their handling practices if they were presented with practical suggestions that were quick and easy. Combining scientific observations and empirical knowledge from skippers and crew, a manual, providing appropriate handling practices to ensure crew safety and increase the odds of survival for released animals has been developed and disseminated. Bringing these good practices onto the decks of fishing vessels should contribute to the reduction of the fishing mortality of some vulnerable species. It would be positively viewed by consumers as an act that reduces fishing's footprint on the environment and promoting animal welfare which would improve the image of fishing industry. Mitigation research is by definition an iterative process and different complementary methods must be carried out at different levels of the fishing process to significantly reduce the mortality of the by-catch.
Marine Policy (0308-597X) (Elsevier Sci Ltd), 2014-02 , Vol. 44 , P. 312-320

Droits : 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00159/27008/28367.pdf
DOI:10.1016/j.marpol.2013.09.025
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00159/27008/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag
Résumé : International audience
Many iterative processes can be interpreted as discrete dynamical systems and, in certain cases, they correspond to a time discretisation of differential systems. In this article the authors propose generating numerical methods in numerical linear algebra by modelling the linear system to be solved as a given state of a dynamical system; the solution can be reached asymptotically, as a (asymptotically stable) steady state, but also as a finite time (shooting methods). In that way, any (stable) numerical scheme for the integration of such a problem can be presented as a method for solving linear systems. The authors discuss aspects of this approach, which allows them to recover some known methods but also to introduce new ones. Finally, some convergence results and numerical illustrations are presented.
ISSN: 1017-1398

hal-00730194
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00730194

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Heldermann
Résumé : International audience
We present an iterative method for finding zeroes of maximal monotone operators in a real Hilbert space. The underlying idea relies upon the discretization of a first order dissipative dynamical system which allows us to preserve the local feature, as well as to obtain convergence results. The main theorems do not only recover known convergence results of standard and inertial proximal methods, but also provide a theoretical basis for the application of new iterative methods.
Journal of Convex Analysis

hal-00780210
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00780210

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : In an earlier paper, we developed an efficient incremental unknowns (IU) preconditioner for solving the two-dimensional (2D) Helmholtz problem in both high and low frequency (wavenumber) regimes. The multilevel preconditioning scheme involves separation of each grid into a coarser grid of the following level and a complementary grid on which the IUs are defined by interpolation. This approach is efficient as long as the mesh size of the coarsest grid is sufficiently small compared to the wavelength. In order to overcome this restriction, the authors introduced recently a modified IU method combining the conventional interpolation with the Helmholtz equation based interpolation (EBI). The EBI coefficients are derived numerically using a sufficiently large set of analytic solutions of the Helmholtz equation on a special hierarchy of stencils. The modified IUs using Helmholtz EBI are shown to provide improved preconditioning on the coarse scales where the conventional interpolation can not be employed. This study deals with the extension of this idea for solving the three-dimensional (3D) Helmholtz equation.
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00763930

Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess
hal-00763930
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00763930
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00763930/document
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00763930/file/eci3D_3d.pdf

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
ISSN: 0168-9274

hal-00530819
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00530819
DOI : 10.1016/j.apnum.2009.12.006

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag
Résumé : Some major challenges for geophysicists and structural geologists using three-dimensional boundary element method codes (3D-BEM) are: (1) reducing the amount of memory required to solve large and dense systems and (2) incorporation of inequality constraints such as traction inequality constraints (TIC) and displacement inequality constraints (DIC). The latter serves two purposes. First, for example, inequality constraints can be used to simulate frictional slip (using TIC). Second, these constraints can prevent element interpenetration while allowing opening mode (using DIC). We have developed a method that simultaneously incorporates both types of functionality of the inequality constraints. We show that the use of an appropriate iterative solver not only avoids the allocation of significant memory for solving the system (allowing very large model computation and simplifying parallelization on multi-core processors), but also admits interesting features such as natural incorporation of TICs and DICs. Compared to other techniques of contact management (e.g., Lagrange multipliers, penalty method, or complementarity problem), this new simple methodology, which does not use any incremental trial-and-error procedures, brings more flexibility, while making the system more stable and less subject to round-off errors without any computational overhead. We provide validations and comparisons of the inequality constraints implementation using 2D analytical and numerical solutions.
ISSN: 1420-0597

hal-00561035
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00561035
DOI : 10.1007/s10596-009-9170-x

Résumé : Les objectifs de développement de systèmes de culture durables imposent aux acteurs du développement rural une reconception de ces systèmes. Les méthodes de conception actuelles conduisent souvent les chercheurs à être seuls concepteurs alors que parallèlement l'appropriation des innovations dépend fortement de l'implication des autres acteurs. En réponse, des approches participatives sont de plus en plus fréquentes pour pallier à cette difficulté d'appropriation. La méthode développée dans cette thèse -nommée DISCS pour 're-Design and assessment of Innovative Sustainable Cropping Systems' - met en oeuvre un processus de reconception des systèmes de culture par une approche participative tout en développant des outils d'évaluation multicritère. La méthode DISCS s'inscrit dans la lignée de la méthodologie du prototypage mais se différencie par une démarche itérative à trois échelles d'étude (parcelle, exploitation et territoire) afin de s'assurer que les innovations répondent bien aux attentes des acteurs. A chaque étape du processus une évaluation est réalisée à l'aide d'un jeu d'indicateurs. DISCS a été testée sur le système de culture agrumicole en Guadeloupe dans un but de réduire l'utilisation des pesticides. Cinq prototypes de gestion de l'enherbement ont été conçus collectivement puis testés selon les principes d'une approche systémique. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons les premières étapes de reconception du système agrumicole guadeloupéen basée sur la méthode DISCS. Notre travail nous permet de recommander des techniques de gestion de l'enherbement en jeunes vergers d'agrumes répondant aux contraintes actuelles de développement de systèmes de culture durable.
Re-designing sustainable cropping systems has become a major challenge for agricultural researchers and farmers. In most designing methods, researchers are the main, or sometimes the only designers. However, more and more attempts for involving different kinds of stakeholders in participatory approaches have been accounted for. The new method described in this thesis (DISCS for 're-Design and assessment of Innovative Sustainable Cropping Systems') implements a participatory re-designing process. Though founded on the common structure of prototyping methods, this five-step-method differs first by implementing three progress loops, at experimental field, farm then regional scale. Besides, an ongoing progress dynamic is set between research at the experimental station and crop management in farms, in order to ensure that innovative techniques actually match the farmers' expectations. Assessment at each step is performed using a scale-specific set of indicators. The DISCS method was tested on citrus production in Guadeloupe, to develop lower-pesticide sustainable cropping systems. Five weed management prototypes were collectively designed then tested at an experimental station based on the principles of a systematic approach. In this thesis, we present the first stages of citrus cropping system redesigning based on DISCS method. Our work enables us to recommend sustainable weed management techniques for young orchards that correspond to the current constraints facing orchards in Guadeloupe

http://www.theses.fr/2011AGUY0449/document

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
The aim of this work is to propose viscosity approximation methods which amounts to selecting a particular fixed-point of a given nonexpansive self-mapping.
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and applications

hal-00776600
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00776600
DOI : 10.1006/jmaa.1999.6615