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．     

不等式约束优化一个具有超线性收敛的可行序列二次规划算法

建立了一个新的SQP算法,提出了一阶可行条件这一新概念．对已有SQP型算法进行改进,减少计算工作量,证明了算法具有全局收敛及超线性收敛性．数值实验表明算法是有效的．     

一类带非单调搜索的SQP算法

本文给出了一个SQP新算法，其特点是使用了非单调搜索，并不再使用严格互补条件，使得算法在一定阶段后具有十分简洁的形式并保持整体收敛与超线性收敛性．     

具有相容子问题的序列二次规划新算法

借助ε-约束集与一种特殊的罚函数,给出了一个具有相容子问题的序列二次规划新算法,较圆满地解决了SQP算法中的相容性问题,并证明了该算法仍保持全局收敛和超线性收敛的性质.     

非线性互补约束问题一个全局收敛的SQP算法

本文研究非线性互补约束优化问题,利用Fischer-Burmeister函数将非线性互补问题转化为非光滑方程,提出一个求解非线性互补约束问题的SQP算法,并在适当的假设下证明这个算法是全局收敛的.     

非线性互补约束均衡问题的一个SQP算法

提出了一个求解非线性互补约束均衡问题(MPCC)的逐步逼近光滑SQP算法.通过一系列光滑优化来逼近MPCC.引入l<,1>精确罚函数,线搜索保证算法具有全局收敛性.进而,在严格互补及二阶充分条件下,算法是超线性收敛的.此外,当算法有限步终止,当前迭代点即为MPEC的一个精确稳定点.     

最优化两个拓广的SQP和SSLE算法模型及其超线性和二次收敛性

给出一般约束最优化的序列二次规划（SQP）和序列线性方程组（SSLE）算法两个拓广的模型,详细分析和论证两个模型的局部超线性收敛性及二次收敛性条件,其中并不需要严格互补条件,拓广的模型及其收敛速度结果具有更广泛的适用性,为SQP和SSLE算法收敛速度的研究提供了更为完善和便利的理论基础。     

处理退化问题的一类SQP算法

本文对不等式优化问题提出了一个修正的序列二次规划算法(SQP).该算法适用于退化问题一积极约束梯度线性相关且严格互补条件不成立,并且算法是可行的,具有整体收敛与超线性收敛性.     

一个解不等式约束优化问题的初始点任意而不需罚函数的SQP算法(英文)

本文构造了一解不等式约束优化问题的非单调SQP方法 ,与类似的算法比较 ,它有以下特点 :( 1 )初始点任意 ,并不用罚函数 ;( 2 )有限步后必产生可行点 ;( 3)在每次迭代 ,只需解一个二次规划子问题 ;( 4)不需要严格互补条件 ,在较弱的条件下 ,算法超线性收敛 .     

非线性不等式约束最优化一个超线性与二次收敛的强次可行方法

本文讨论非线性不等式约束最优化问题，借助于序列线性方程组技术和强次可行方法思想，建立了问题的一个初始点任意的快速收敛新算法．在每次迭代中，算法只需解一个结构简单的线性方程组．算法的初始迭代点不仅可以是任意的，而且不使用罚函数和罚参数，在迭代过程中，迭代点列的可行性单调不减．在相对弱的假设下，算法具有较好的收敛性和收敛速度，即具有整体与强收敛性，超线性与二次收敛性．文中最后给出一些数值试验结果．     

A type of efficient feasible SQP algorithms for inequality constrained optimization

In this paper, motivated by Zhu et al. methods [Z.B. Zhu, K.C. Zhang, J.B. Jian, An improved SQP algorithm for inequality constrained optimization, Math. Meth. Oper. Res. 58 (2003) 271-282; Zhibin Zhu, Jinbao Jian, An efficient feasible SQP algorithm for inequality constrained optimization, Nonlinear Anal. Real World Appl. 10(2) (2009) 1220-1228], we propose a type of efficient feasible SQP algorithms to solve nonlinear inequality constrained optimization problems. By solving only one QP subproblem with a subset of the constraints estimated as active, a class of revised feasible descent directions are generated per single iteration. These methods are implementable and globally convergent. We also prove that the algorithms have superlinear convergence rate under some mild conditions.     

An improved SQP algorithm for inequality constrained optimization

In this paper, the feasible type SQP method is improved. A new algorithm is proposed to solve nonlinear inequality constrained problem, in which a new modified method is presented to decrease the computational complexity. It is required to solve only one QP subproblem with only a subset of the constraints estimated as active per single iteration. Moreover, a direction is generated to avoid the Maratos effect by solving a system of linear equations. The theoretical analysis shows that the algorithm has global and superlinear convergence under some suitable conditions. In the end, numerical experiments are given to show that the method in this paper is effective.This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 10261001) and Guangxi Science Foundation (No. 0236001 and 0249003) of China. Acknowledgement.We would like to thank one anonymous referee for his valuable comments and suggestions, which greatly improved the quality of this paper.     

An algorithm of sequential systems of linear equations for nonlinear optimization problems with arbitrary initial point

For current sequential quadratic programming (SQP) type algorithms, there exist two problems: (i) in order to obtain a search direction, one must solve one or more quadratic programming subproblems per iteration, and the computation amount of this algorithm is very large. So they are not suitable for the large-scale problems; (ii) the SQP algorithms require that the related quadratic programming subproblems be solvable per iteration, but it is difficult to be satisfied. By using ε-active set procedure with a special penalty function as the merit function, a new algorithm of sequential systems of linear equations for general nonlinear optimization problems with arbitrary initial point is presented. This new algorithm only needs to solve three systems of linear equations having the same coefficient matrix per iteration, and has global convergence and local superlinear convergence. To some extent, the new algorithm can overcome the shortcomings of the SQP algorithms mentioned above. Project partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Tianyuan Foundation of China.     

A cautious BFGS update for reduced Hessian SQP

In this paper, we introduce a cautious BFGS (CBFGS) update criterion in the reduced Hessian sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method. An attractive property of this update criterion is that the generated iterative matrices are always positive definite. Under mild conditions, we get the global convergence of the reduced Hessian SQP method. In particular, the second order sufficient condition is not necessary for the global convergence of the method. Furthermore, we show that if the second order sufficient condition holds at an accumulation point, then the reduced Hessian SQP method with CBFGS update reduces to the reduced Hessian SQP method with ordinary BFGS update. Consequently, the local behavior of the proposed method is the same as the reduced Hessian SQP method with BFGS update. The presented preliminary numerical experiments show the good performance of the method. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China via grant 10671060 and 10471060.     

A feasible SQP method for nonlinear programming

In this paper, a new SQP algorithm is presented to solve the general nonlinear programs with mixed equality and inequality constraints. Quoted from P. Spellucci (see [9]), this method maybe be named sequential equality constrained quadratic programming (SECQP) algorithm. Per single iteration, based on an active set strategy ( see [9]), this SECQP algorithm requires only to solve equality constrained quadratic programming subproblems or system of linear equations. The theoretical analysis shows that global and superlinear convergence can be induced under some suitable conditions.     

不等式约束最优化超线性与二次收敛的强次可行SQP算法

利用ＳＱＰ方法、广义投影技术和强次可行方（向）法思想,建立不等式约束优化一个新的初始点任意的快速收敛算法． 算法每次迭代仅需解一个总存在可行解的二次子规划,或用广义投影计算“一阶”强次可行下降辅助搜索方向;采用曲线搜索与直线搜索相结合的方法产生步长． 在较温和的条件下,算法具有全局收敛性、强收敛性、超线性与二次收敛性． 给出了算法有效的数值试验．     

A Globally and Superlinearly Convergent SQP Algorithm for Nonlinear Constrained Optimization

Based on a continuously differentiable exact penalty function and a regularization technique for dealing with the inconsistency of subproblems in the SQP method, we present a new SQP algorithm for nonlinear constrained optimization problems. The proposed algorithm incorporates automatic adjustment rules for the choice of the parameters and makes use of an approximate directional derivative of the merit function to avoid the need to evaluate second order derivatives of the problem functions. Under mild assumptions the algorithm is proved to be globally convergent, and in particular the superlinear convergence rate is established without assuming that the strict complementarity condition at the solution holds. Numerical results reported show that the proposed algorithm is promising.     

General Information

In this paper, a new sequential penalty algorithm, based on the L_infin exact penalty function, is proposed for a general nonlinear constrained optimization problem. The algorithm has the following characteristics: it can start from an arbitrary initial point; the feasibility of the subproblem is guaranteed; the penalty parameter is adjusted automatically; global convergence without any regularity assumption is proved. The update formula of the penalty parameter is new. It is proved that the algorithm proposed in this paper behaves equivalently to the standard SQP method after sufficiently many iterations. Hence, the local convergence results of the standard SQP method can be applied to this algorithm. Preliminary numerical experiments show the efficiency and stability of the algorithm.