求解非线性规划问题的一类对偶算法

本文提出了一类求解不等式约束非线性规划问题的构造性对偶算法,我们证明在适当的条件下,势函数的罚参数存在一个阀值,当罚参数小于这个阀值时,由这一方法所产生的序列局部收敛于问题的一个Kuhn-Tucker解,我们也建立了解的依赖于罚参数的误差上界,最后,我们给出了一个特残势函数的数值结果。     

结合有效集和多维滤子技术的拟Newton信赖域算法(英文)

针对界约束优化问题,提出一个修正的多维滤子信赖域算法.将滤子技术引入到拟Newton信赖域方法,在每步迭代,Cauchy点用于预测有效集,此时试探步借助于求解一个较小规模的信赖域子问题获得.在一定条件下,本文所提出的修正算法对于凸约束优化问题全局收敛.数值试验验证了新算法的实际运行结果.     

解非线性约束方程的拉格朗日全局投影方法

基于最优化方法求解约束非线性方程组的一个突出困难是计算 得到的仅是该优化问题的稳定点或局部极小点,而非方程组的解点.由此引出的问题是如何从一个稳定点出发得到一个相对于方程组解更好的点. 该文采用投影型算法,推广了Nazareth-Qi$^{[8,9]}$ 求解无约束非线性方程组的拉格朗日全局算法(Lagrangian Global-LG)于约束方程上; 理论上证明了从优化问题的稳定点出发,投影LG方法可寻找到一个更好的点. 数值试验证明了LG方法的有效性.     

线性与非线性规划算法与理论

线性规划与非线性规划是数学规划中经典而重要的研究方向. 主要介绍该研究方向的背景知识,并介绍线性规划、无约束优化和约束优化的最新算法与理论以及一些前沿与热点问题. 交替方向乘子法是一类求解带结构的约束优化问题的方法,近年来倍受重视. 全局优化是一个对于应用优化领域非常重要的研究方向. 因此也试图介绍这两个方面的一些最新研究进展和问题.     

初值修正灰色Verhulst模型的参数估计

研究了初值修正项为αz(1)(1)(其中α为修正参数)的灰色Verhuslt模型的修正参数估计方法.针对相关文献中,修正参数α求解无现成公式情况,通过最小化原始序列的一次累加序列与模拟序列之差,建立并求解一个非约束优化模型,获得了初值修正参数α的一个简单有效的计算公式,完善了相关文献中建立的初值修正灰色Verhuslt模型.最后,通过计算实例验证了修正参数公式可以有效提高初值修正灰色Verhuslt模型的精度.     

非线性优化修正Frisch函数方法的乘子映射

对于同时含有等式与不等式约束的非线性优化问题的修正Frisch函数方法,给出其乘子映射和解映射的导数的估计.将得到的估计用于建立修正Frisch函数方法的线性收敛速率.在线性无关的约束规范,严格互补条件和二阶充分性条件成立的前提下,证得该收敛率与1/c成正比.本文的收敛性分析依赖于矩阵的奇异值分解,其方法可以用来分析其他的修正Lagrange方法.     

增广Lagrangian对偶分解方法求解变分不等式系统

本文考虑带约束的变分不等式系统.提出一个基于增广Lagrangian对偶的分解算法,本文给出了算法的收敛性分析.     

具有部分调和高斯映照的Lagrangian图的Bernstein型结果

对于Hamiltonian极小和具有共形Maslov形式的Lagrangian图,建立了Bernstein型的定理,推广了已知关于极小Lagrangian子流形的一些结果.     

带新NCP函数的Lagrangian乘子方法

在经营管理、工程设计、科学研究、军事指挥等方面普遍存在着最优化问题,而实际问题中出现的绝大多数问题都被归纳为非线性规划问题之中。作为带等式、不等式约束的复杂事例,最优化问题的求解向来较为繁琐、困难。适当条件下,非线性互补函数(NCP)可以与约束优化问题相结合,其中NCP函数的无约束极小解对应原约束问题的解及其乘子。本文提出了一类新的NCP函数用于解决等式和不等式约束非线性规划问题,结合新的NCP函数构造了增广Lagrangian函数。在适当假设条件下,证明了增广Lagrangian函数与原问题的解之间的一一对应关系。同时构造了相应算法,并证明了该算法的收敛性和有效性。     

等式约束优化一个修正的投影变尺度法

本文研究了等式约束优化问题.利用罚函数和投影变尺度方法,得到了一个修正的算法及其全局收敛与超线性收敛率.改进了文献[J]中的方法.     

Nonlinear Lagrangians for Nonlinear Programming Based on Modified Fischer-Burmeister NCP Functions

This paper proposes nonlinear Lagrangians based on modified Fischer-Burmeister NCP functions for solving nonlinear programming problems with inequality constraints. The convergence theorem shows that the sequence of points generated by this nonlinear Lagrange algorithm is locally convergent when the penalty parameter is less than a threshold under a set of suitable conditions on problem functions, and the error bound of solution, depending on the penalty parameter, is also established. It is shown that the condition number of the nonlinear Lagrangian Hessian at the optimal solution is proportional to the controlling penalty parameter. Moreover, the paper develops the dual algorithm associated with the proposed nonlinear Lagrangians. Numerical results reported suggest that the dual algorithm based on proposed nonlinear Lagrangians is effective for solving some nonlinear optimization problems.     

Augmented Lagrangian Objective Penalty Function

Augmented Lagrangian function is one of the most important tools used in solving some constrained optimization problems. In this article, we study an augmented Lagrangian objective penalty function and a modified augmented Lagrangian objective penalty function for inequality constrained optimization problems. First, we prove the dual properties of the augmented Lagrangian objective penalty function, which are at least as good as the traditional Lagrangian function's. Under some conditions, the saddle point of the augmented Lagrangian objective penalty function satisfies the first-order Karush-Kuhn-Tucker condition. This is especially so when the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker condition holds for convex programming of its saddle point existence. Second, we prove the dual properties of the modified augmented Lagrangian objective penalty function. For a global optimal solution, when the exactness of the modified augmented Lagrangian objective penalty function holds, its saddle point exists. The sufficient and necessary stability conditions used to determine whether the modified augmented Lagrangian objective penalty function is exact for a global solution is proved. Based on the modified augmented Lagrangian objective penalty function, an algorithm is developed to find a global solution to an inequality constrained optimization problem, and its global convergence is also proved under some conditions. Furthermore, the sufficient and necessary calmness condition on the exactness of the modified augmented Lagrangian objective penalty function is proved for a local solution. An algorithm is presented in finding a local solution, with its convergence proved under some conditions.     

A nonlinear Lagrangian for constrained optimization problems

A novel nonlinear Lagrangian is presented for constrained optimization problems with both inequality and equality constraints, which is nonlinear with respect to both functions in problem and Lagrange multipliers. The nonlinear Lagrangian inherits the smoothness of the objective and constraint functions and has positive properties. The algorithm on the nonlinear Lagrangian is demonstrated to possess local and linear convergence when the penalty parameter is less than a threshold (the penalty parameter in the penalty method has to approximate zero) under a set of suitable conditions, and be super-linearly convergent when the penalty parameter is decreased following Lagrange multiplier update. Furthermore, the dual problem based on the nonlinear Lagrangian is discussed and some important properties are proposed, which fail to hold for the dual problem based on the classical Lagrangian. At last, the preliminary and comparing numerical results for several typical test problems by using the new nonlinear Lagrangian algorithm and the other two related nonlinear Lagrangian algorithms, are reported, which show that the given nonlinear Lagrangian is promising.     

A Trajectory-Based Method for Constrained Nonlinear Optimization Problems

A trajectory-based method for solving constrained nonlinear optimization problems is proposed. The method is an extension of a trajectory-based method for unconstrained optimization. The optimization problem is transformed into a system of second-order differential equations with the aid of the augmented Lagrangian. Several novel contributions are made, including a new penalty parameter updating strategy, an adaptive step size routine for numerical integration and a scaling mechanism. A new criterion is suggested for the adjustment of the penalty parameter. Global convergence properties of the method are established.     

A Modified Barrier-Augmented Lagrangian Method for Constrained Minimization

We present and analyze an interior-exterior augmented Lagrangian method for solving constrained optimization problems with both inequality and equality constraints. This method, the modified barrier—augmented Lagrangian (MBAL) method, is a combination of the modified barrier and the augmented Lagrangian methods. It is based on the MBAL function, which treats inequality constraints with a modified barrier term and equalities with an augmented Lagrangian term. The MBAL method alternatively minimizes the MBAL function in the primal space and updates the Lagrange multipliers. For a large enough fixed barrier-penalty parameter the MBAL method is shown to converge Q-linearly under the standard second-order optimality conditions. Q-superlinear convergence can be achieved by increasing the barrier-penalty parameter after each Lagrange multiplier update. We consider a dual problem that is based on the MBAL function. We prove a basic duality theorem for it and show that it has several important properties that fail to hold for the dual based on the classical Lagrangian.     

求解一般约束优化问题的修正BFGS信赖域算法

借鉴无约束优化问题的BFGS信赖域算法,建立了非线性一般约束优化问题的BFGS信赖域算法,并证明了算法的全局收敛性．数值实验表明,算法是有效的．     

A nonlinear augmented Lagrangian for constrained minimax problems

A novel smooth nonlinear augmented Lagrangian for solving minimax problems with inequality constraints, is proposed in this paper, which has the positive properties that the classical Lagrangian and the penalty function fail to possess. The corresponding algorithm mainly consists of minimizing the nonlinear augmented Lagrangian function and updating the Lagrange multipliers and controlling parameter. It is demonstrated that the algorithm converges Q-superlinearly when the controlling parameter is less than a threshold under the mild conditions. Furthermore, the condition number of the Hessian of the nonlinear augmented Lagrangian function is studied, which is very important for the efficiency of the algorithm. The theoretical results are validated further by the preliminary numerical experiments for several testing problems reported at last, which show that the nonlinear augmented Lagrangian is promising.     

等式约束优化一个新的SQP算法

提出了一个处理等式约束优化问题新的SQP算法,该算法通过求解一个增广Lagrange函数的拟Newton方法推导出一个等式约束二次规划子问题,从而获得下降方向．罚因子具有自动调节性,并能避免趋于无穷．为克服Maratos效应采用增广Lagrange函数作为效益函数并结合二阶步校正方法．在适当的条件下,证明算法是全局收敛的,并且具有超线性收敛速度．     

New numerical methods and some applied aspects of the p-regularity theory

The theory of p-regularity is applied to optimization problems and to singular ordinary differential equations (ODE). The special variant of the method of the modified Lagrangian function proposed by Yu.G. Evtushenko for constrained optimization problems with inequality constraints is justified on the basis of the 2-factor transformation. An implicit function theorem is given for the singular case. This theorem is used to show the existence of solutions to a boundary value problem for a nonlinear differential equation in the resonance case. New numerical methods are proposed including the p-factor method for solving ODEs with a small parameter.     

基于增广Lagrange函数的RQP方法

Recursive quadratic programming is a family of techniques developd by Bartholomew-Biggs and other authors for solving nonlinear programming problems.This paperdescribes a new method for constrained optimization which obtains its search di-rections from a quadratic programming subproblem based on the well-known aug-mented Lagrangian function.It avoids the penalty parameter to tend to infinity.We employ the Fletcher‘s exact penalty function as a merit function and the use of an approximate directional derivative of the function that avoids the need toevaluate the second order derivatives of the problem functions.We prove that thealgorithm possesses global and superlinear convergence properties.At the sametime, numerical results are reported.