Non-Interior Continuation Method for Solving the Monotone Semidefinite Complementarity Problem

Recently, Chen and Tseng extended non-interior continuation/ smooth- ing methods for solving linear/ nonlinear complementarity problems to semidefinite complementarity problems (SDCP). In this paper we propose a non-interior continuation method for solving the monotone SDCP based on the smoothed Fischer—Burmeister function, which is shown to be globally linearly and locally quadratically convergent under suitable assumptions. Our algorithm needs at most to solve a linear system of equations at each iteration. In addition, in our analysis on global linear convergence of the algorithm, we need not use the assumption that the Fréchet derivative of the function involved in the SDCP is Lipschitz continuous. For non-interior continuation/ smoothing methods for solving the nonlinear complementarity problem, such an assumption has been used widely in the literature in order to achieve global linear convergence results of the algorithms.     

Non-Interior Continuation Method for Solving the Monotone Semidefinite Complementarity Problem

Recently, Chen and Tseng extended non-interior continuation/ smooth- ing methods for solving linear/ nonlinear complementarity problems to semidefinite complementarity problems (SDCP). In this paper we propose a non-interior continuation method for solving the monotone SDCP based on the smoothed Fischer—Burmeister function, which is shown to be globally linearly and locally quadratically convergent under suitable assumptions. Our algorithm needs at most to solve a linear system of equations at each iteration. In addition, in our analysis on global linear convergence of the algorithm, we need not use the assumption that the Fréchet derivative of the function involved in the SDCP is Lipschitz continuous. For non-interior continuation/ smoothing methods for solving the nonlinear complementarity problem, such an assumption has been used widely in the literature in order to achieve global linear convergence results of the algorithms.     

Inexact non-interior continuation method for solving large-scale monotone SDCP

For exact Newton method for solving monotone semidefinite complementarity problems (SDCP), one needs to exactly solve a linear system of equations at each iteration. For problems of large size, solving the linear system of equations exactly can be very expensive. In this paper, we propose a new inexact smoothing/continuation algorithm for solution of large-scale monotone SDCP. At each iteration the corresponding linear system of equations is solved only approximately. Under mild assumptions, the algorithm is shown to be both globally and superlinearly convergent.     

A GLOBAL LINEAR AND LOCAL QUADRATIC SINGLE-STEP NONINTERIOR CONTINUATION METHOD FOR MONOTONE SEMIDEFINITE COMPLEMENTARITY PROBLEMS

A noninterior continuation method is proposed for semidefinite complementarity problem (SDCP). This method improves the noninterior continuation methods recently developed for SDCP by Chen and Tseng. The main properties of our method are: (i) it is well defined for the monotones SDCP; (ii) it has to solve just one linear system of equations at each step; (iii) it is shown to be both globally linearly convergent and locally quadratically convergent under suitable assumptions.     

P_0函数非线性互补问题的一步非内点连续方法的收敛性

本文对于Ｐ０函数非线性互补问题提出了一个基于Ｋａｎｚｏｗ光滑函数的一步非内点连续方法,在适当的假设条件下,证明了方法的全局线性及局部二次收敛性．特别,在方法的全局线性收敛性的分析中,不需要假定非线性互补问题的函数的Ｊａｃｏｂｉ阵是Ｌｉｐｓｃｈｉｔｚ连续的．文献中为了得到非内点连续方法的全局线性收敛性,这一假定是被广泛使用的．本文提出的方法在每一次迭代只须解一个线性方程式组．     

A non-interior continuation method for second-order cone programming

We extend the smoothing function proposed by Huang, Han and Chen [Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 117 (2003), pp. 39–68] for the non-linear complementarity problems to the second-order cone programming (SOCP). Based on this smoothing function, a non-interior continuation method is presented for solving the SOCP. The proposed algorithm solves only one linear system of equations and performs only one line search at each iteration. It is shown that our algorithm is globally and locally superlinearly convergent in absence of strict complementarity at the optimal solution. Numerical results indicate the effectiveness of the algorithm.     

A non-interior continuation algorithm for the CP based on a generalized smoothing function

Based on the generalized CP-function proposed by Hu et al. [S.L. Hu, Z.H. Huang, J.S. Chen, Properties of a family of generalized NCP-functions and a derivative free algorithm for complementarity problems, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 230 (2009) 69-82], we introduce a smoothing function which is a generalization of several popular smoothing functions. By which we propose a non-interior continuation algorithm for solving the complementarity problem. The proposed algorithm only needs to solve at most one system of linear equations at each iteration. In particular, we show that the algorithm is globally linearly and locally quadratically convergent under suitable assumptions. The preliminary numerical results demonstrate that the algorithm is effective.     

Convergence of a non-interior continuation algorithm for the monotone SCCP

It is well known that the symmetric cone complementarity problem（SCCP） is a broad class of optimization problems which contains many optimization problems as special cases.Based on a general smoothing function,we propose in this paper a non-interior continuation algorithm for solving the monotone SCCP.The proposed algorithm solves at most one system of linear equations at each iteration.By using the theory of Euclidean Jordan algebras,we show that the algorithm is globally linearly and locally quadratically convergent under suitable assumptions.     

一个新的求解二阶锥规划的非内部连续化算法

基于光滑Fischer-Burmeister函数,本文给出一个新的求解二阶锥规划的非内部连续化算法.算法对初始点的选取没有任何限制,并且在每一步迭代只需求解一个线性方程组并进行一次线性搜索.在不需要满足严格互补条件下,证明了算法是全局收敛且是局部超线性收敛的.数值试验表明算法是有效的.     

An inexact non-interior continuation method for semidefinite programming: convergence analysis and numerical results

In this paper, an inexact non-interior continuation method is proposed for semidefinite Programs. By a matrix mapping, the primal-dual optimal condition can be inverted into a smoothed nonlinear system of equations. A linear system of equations with residual vector is eventually driven by solving the smoothed nonlinear system of equations and finally solved by the conjugate residual method. The global and locally superlinear convergence are verified. Numerical results and comparisons indicate that the proposed methods are very promising and comparable to several interior-point and other exact non-interior continuation methods.     

非线性互补问题的一种不可行非内点连续算法

基于Chen-Harker—Kanzow-Smale光滑函数，对单调非线性互补问题NCP(f)给出了一种不可行非内点连续算法，该算法在每次迭代时只需求解一个线性等式系统，执行一次线搜索，算法在NCP(f)的解处不需要严格互补的条件下，具有全局线性收敛性和局部二次收敛性．     

Non-Interior continuation methods for solving semidefinite complementarity problems

 There recently has been much interest in non-interior continuation/smoothing methods for solving linear/nonlinear complementarity problems. We describe extensions of such methods to complementarity problems defined over the cone of block-diagonal symmetric positive semidefinite real matrices. These extensions involve the Chen-Mangasarian class of smoothing functions and the smoothed Fischer-Burmeister function. Issues such as existence of Newton directions, boundedness of iterates, global convergence, and local superlinear convergence will be studied. Preliminary numerical experience on semidefinite linear programs is also reported. Received: October 1999 / Accepted: April 2002 Published online: December 19, 2002 RID="⋆" ID="⋆" This research is supported by National Science Foundation Grant CCR-9731273. Key words. semidefinite complementarity problem – smoothing function – non-interior continuation – global convergence – local superlinear convergence     

A new non-interior continuation method for <Emphasis Type="Italic">P</Emphasis><Subscript>0</Subscript>-NCP based on a SSPM-function

In this paper, we consider a new non-interior continuation method for the solution of nonlinear complementarity problem with P ₀-function (P ₀-NCP). The proposed algorithm is based on a smoothing symmetric perturbed minimum function (SSPM-function), and one only needs to solve one system of linear equations and to perform only one Armijo-type line search at each iteration. The method is proved to possess global and local convergence under weaker conditions. Preliminary numerical results indicate that the algorithm is effective.     

一个光滑化函数的两个性质

本文考虑文[6]中提出的光滑化函数,证明了：该光滑化函数拥有两个在求解变分不等式和互补问题的非内部连续化算法的全局线性和局部超线性（或二次）收敛性分析中非常有用的两个性质。     

The global linear and local quadratic convergence of a non-interior continuation algorithm for the LCP

^** Email: zhenghaihuang{at}yahoo.com.cn; huangzhenghai{at}hotmail.com In this paper, we propose a non-interior continuation algorithmfor solving the P₀-matrix linear complementarity problem (LCP),which is conceptually simpler than most existing non-interiorcontinuation algorithms in the sense that the proposed algorithmonly needs to solve at most one linear system of equations ateach iteration. We show that the proposed algorithm is globallyconvergent under a common assumption. In particular, we showthat the proposed algorithm is globally linearly and locallyquadratically convergent under some assumptions which are weakerthan those required in many existing non-interior continuationalgorithms. It should be pointed out that the assumptions usedin our analysis of both global linear and local quadratic convergencedo not imply the uniqueness of the solution to the LCP concerned.To the best of our knowledge, such a convergence result hasnot been reported in the literature.     

Analysis of a non-interior continuation method for second-order cone programming

Based on the Chen-Harker-Kanzow-Smale (CHKS) smoothing function, a non-interior continuation method is presented for solving the second-order cone programming (SOCP). Our algorithm reformulates the SOCP as a nonlinear system of equations and then applies Newton’s method to the perturbation of this system. The proposed algorithm does not have restrictions regarding its starting point and solves at most one linear system of equations at each iteration. Under suitable assumptions, the algorithm is shown to be globally and locally quadratically convergent. Some numerical results are also included which indicate that our algorithm is promising and comparable to interior-point methods.     

Two-Stage Multisplitting Iteration Methods Using Modulus-Based Matrix Splitting as Inner Iteration for Linear Complementarity Problems

The matrix multisplitting iteration method is an effective tool for solving large sparse linear complementarity problems. However, at each iteration step we have to solve a sequence of linear complementarity sub-problems exactly. In this paper, we present a two-stage multisplitting iteration method, in which the modulus-based matrix splitting iteration and its relaxed variants are employed as inner iterations to solve the linear complementarity sub-problems approximately. The convergence theorems of these two-stage multisplitting iteration methods are established. Numerical experiments show that the two-stage multisplitting relaxation methods are superior to the matrix multisplitting iteration methods in computing time, and can achieve a satisfactory parallel efficiency.     

Shifted skew-symmetric iteration methods for nonsymmetric linear complementarity problems

We present a shifted skew-symmetric iteration method for solving the nonsymmetric positive definite or positive semidefinite linear complementarity problems. This method is based on the symmetric and skew-symmetric splitting of the system matrix, which has been adopted to establish efficient splitting iteration methods for solving the nonsymmetric systems of linear equations. Global convergence of the method is proved, and the corresponding inexact splitting iteration scheme is established and analyzed in detail. Numerical results show that the new methods are feasible and effective for solving large sparse and nonsymmetric linear complementarity problems.     

Superlinear Noninterior One-Step Continuation Method for Monotone LCP in the Absence of Strict Complementarity

We propose a noninterior continuation method for the monotone linear complementarity problem (LCP) by modifying the Burke–Xu framework of the noninterior predictor-corrector path-following method (Refs. 1–2). The new method solves one system of linear equations and carries out only one line search at each iteration. It is shown to converge to the LCP solution globally linearly and locally superlinearly without the assumption of strict complementarity at the solution. Our analysis of the continuation method is based on a broader class of the smooth functions introduced by Chen and Mangasarian (Ref. 3).     

A Strongly and Superlinearly Convergent SQP Algorithm for Optimization Problems with Linear Complementarity Constraints

This paper discusses a kind of optimization problem with linear complementarity constraints, and presents a sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm for solving a stationary point of the problem. The algorithm is a modification of the SQP algorithm proposed by Fukushima et al. [Computational Optimization and Applications, 10 (1998), 5-34], and is based on a reformulation of complementarity condition as a system of linear equations. At each iteration, one quadratic programming and one system of equations needs to be solved, and a curve search is used to yield the step size. Under some appropriate assumptions, including the lower-level strict complementarity, but without the upper-level strict complementarity for the inequality constraints, the algorithm is proved to possess strong convergence and superlinear convergence. Some preliminary numerical results are reported.