不可分离凸背包问题的拉格朗日分解和区域分割方法

本文对线性约束不可分离凸背包问题给出了一种精确算法．该算法是拉格朗日分解和区域分割结合起来的一种分枝定界算法．利用拉格朗日分解方法可以得到每个子问题的一个可行解，一个不可行解，一个下界和一个上界．区域分割可以把一个整数箱子分割成几个互不相交的整数子箱子的并集，每个整数子箱子对应一个子问题．通过区域分割可以逐步减小对偶间隙并最终经过有限步迭代找到原问题的最优解．数值结果表明该算法对不可分离凸背包问题是有效的．     

一种求解半向量二层规划问题下界的算法

针对下层为线性多目标规划问题的一类半向量二层规划问题的乐观模型,利用线性规划的对偶理论,将其转化为一个等价的单层优化问题.然后考虑后者的一个松弛问题,提出了一个可以获得该问题下界的简单算法,从而给出了原二层规划问题的一个下界.最后,通过两个数值算例说明了所提出算法的可行性.     

一类线性乘积规划问题的分支定界缩减方法

提出了求解一类线性乘积规划问题的分支定界缩减方法, 并证明了算法的收敛性.在这个方法中, 利用两个变量乘积的凸包络技术, 给出了目标函数与约束函数中乘积的下界, 由此确定原问题的一个松弛凸规划, 从而找到原问题全局最优值的下界和可行解. 为了加快所提算法的收敛速度, 使用了超矩形的缩减策略. 数值结果表明所提出的算法是可行的.     

凸体的对偶迷向常数与LYZ椭球

研究了凸体处于对偶迷向位置时的解析特征,并建立了凸体对偶迷向常数的新的下界;其次,证明了关于原点中心对称凸体的LYZ椭球与John椭球相等的充要条件;最后,举例具体计算了几个凸多边形的LYZ椭球和John椭球,以进一步认清两者的差别.     

广义次似凸集值优化的对偶定理

我们讨论了广义次似凸集值优化的对偶定理.首先,我们给出了广义次似凸集值优化的对偶问题.其次,我们给出了广义次似凸集值优化的对偶定理.最后,我们考虑了广义次似凸集值优化问题的标量化对偶,并给出了一系列对偶定理.     

向量优化中广义增广拉格朗日对偶理论及应用

作者介绍了一种基于向量值延拓函数的广义增广拉格朗日函数,建立了基于广义增广拉格朗日函数的集值广义增广拉格朗日对偶映射和相应的对偶问题,得到了相应的强对偶和弱对偶结果,将所获结果应用到约束向量优化问题.该文的结果推广了一些已有的结论.     

离散单因素投资组合模型的对偶算法

本文研究金融优化中的离散单因素投资组合问题,该问题与传统投资组合模型的不同之处是决策变量为整数(交易手数),从而导致要求解一个二次整数规划问题．针对该模型的可分离性结构,我们提出了一种基于拉格朗日对偶和连续松弛的分枝定界算法。我们分别用美国股票市场的交易数据和随机产生的数据对算法进行了测试．数值结果表明该算法是有效的,可以求解多达150个风险证券的离散投资组合问题．     

非凸优化带松弛步的对称ADMM局部线性收敛率分析

基于对称交替方向乘子法(ADMM),结合松弛步技巧,该文提出一种带松弛步的对称ADMM用于求解两分块线性约束非凸优化问题.同时,新算法乘子更新步采用不同的松弛因子.常规假设下,给出新算法子序列的收敛性证明.误差界条件下,分析并获得由新算法产生的迭代点列以线性收敛的速率局部趋于问题稳定点,相应增广拉格朗日函数序列亦线性收敛.最后,初步试验结果表明新算法是有效的.     

非光滑半无限多目标规划近似解的对偶和鞍点定理

本文利用切向次微分研究了一类非光滑半无限多目标规划问题,并讨论了它的对偶定理和鞍点定理.首先,建立了半无限多目标规划问题的Mond-Weir型对偶,在广义凸性假设下,获得了半无限多目标规划问题近似解的弱对偶、强对偶和逆对偶定理.其次,定义了向量值拉格朗日函数的ε-拟鞍点,获得了ε-拟鞍点的必要和充分条件.这些结论推广和改进了文献中的相应结果.最后以具体的例子来说明了本文的结论.     

仿射不变量W_i(K)W_i(K~*)的下界估计

对于所有凸体与每一个i,寻找仿射不变量Wi(K)Wi(K*)下界的问题,是一个至今未能解决的公开问题.本文考虑了仿射不变量Wi(K)Wi(K*)的下界是与凸体K本身有关的常数的情形,并利用混合体积与对偶混合体积的关系理论,对仿射不变量Wi(K)Wi(K*)进行了讨论,获得了仿射不变量Wi(K)Wi(K*)的一个下界.作为应用,其对偶仿射不变量Wi(K)Wi(K*)的下界也被建立.     

Convex relaxation and Lagrangian decomposition for indefinite integer quadratic programming

We study lower bounding methods for indefinite integer quadratic programming problems. We first construct convex relaxations by D.C. (difference of convex functions) decomposition and linear underestimation. Lagrangian bounds are then derived by applying dual decomposition schemes to separable relaxations. Relationships between the convex relaxation and Lagrangian dual are established. Finally, we prove that the lower bound provided by the convex relaxation coincides with the Lagrangian bound of the orthogonally transformed problem.     

An exact algorithm to minimize the makespan in project scheduling with scarce resources and generalized precedence relations

In this paper we propose an exact algorithm for the Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP) with generalized precedence relationships (GPRs) and minimum makespan objective. For the RCPSP with GPRs we give a new mathematical formulation and a branch and bound algorithm exploiting such a formulation. The exact algorithm takes advantage also of a lower bound based on a Lagrangian relaxation of the same mathematical formulation. We provide an extensive experimentation and a comparison with known lower bounds and competing exact algorithms drawn from the state of the art.     

A Lagrangian relaxation approach to large-scale flow interception problems

The paper presents a tight Lagrangian bound and an efficient dual heuristic for the flow interception problem. The proposed Lagrangian relaxation decomposes the problem into two subproblems that are easy to solve. Information from one of the subproblems is used within a dual heuristic to construct feasible solutions and is used to generate valid cuts that strengthen the relaxation. Both the heuristic and the relaxation are integrated into a cutting plane method where the Lagrangian bound is calculated using a subgradient algorithm. In the course of the algorithm, a valid cut is added and integrated efficiently in the second subproblem and is updated whenever the heuristic solution improves. The algorithm is tested on randomly generated test problems with up to 500 vertices, 12,483 paths, and 43 facilities. The algorithm finds a proven optimal solution in more than 75% of the cases, while the feasible solution is on average within 0.06% from the upper bound.     

带交易费用的离散多因素投资组合最优化

研究带有凹的交易费函数的离散多因素投资组合模型．与传统的投资组合模型不同的是,该模型中投资组合的决策变量是交易手数（整数）,其最优化模型是一个非线性整数规划问题．为此本文提出了一个基于拉格朗日松弛和连续松弛的混合分枝定界算法,为测试算法的有效性,我们分别采用美国股票市场真实数据和随机产生的数据,数值结果表明该算法是有效的．     

A primal-proximal heuristic applied to the French Unit-commitment problem

This paper is devoted to the numerical resolution of unit-commitment problems, with emphasis on the French model optimizing the daily production of electricity. The solution process has two phases. First a Lagrangian relaxation solves the dual to find a lower bound; it also gives a primal relaxed solution. We then propose to use the latter in the second phase, for a heuristic resolution based on a primal proximal algorithm. This second step comes as an alternative to an earlier approach, based on augmented Lagrangian (i.e. a dual proximal algorithm). We illustrate the method with some real-life numerical results. A companion paper is devoted to a theoretical study of the heuristic in the second phase.     

Convex approximations to sparse PCA via Lagrangian duality

We derive a convex relaxation for cardinality constrained Principal Component Analysis (PCA) by using a simple representation of the L₁ unit ball and standard Lagrangian duality. The resulting convex dual bound is an unconstrained minimization of the sum of two nonsmooth convex functions. Applying a partial smoothing technique reduces the objective to the sum of a smooth and nonsmooth convex function for which an efficient first order algorithm can be applied. Numerical experiments demonstrate its potential.     

A Lagrangian Based Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Production-transportation Problems

We propose a branch-and-bound algorithm of Falk–Soland's type for solving the minimum cost production-transportation problem with concave production costs. To accelerate the convergence of the algorithm, we reinforce the bounding operation using a Lagrangian relaxation, which is a concave minimization but yields a tighter bound than the usual linear programming relaxation in O(mn log n) additional time. Computational results indicate that the algorithm can solve fairly large scale problems.     

Relaxed inertial proximal Peaceman-Rachford splitting method for separable convex programming

The strictly contractive Peaceman-Rachford splitting method is one of effective methods for solving separable convex optimization problem, and the inertial proximal Peaceman-Rachford splitting method is one of its important variants. It is known that the convergence of the inertial proximal Peaceman-Rachford splitting method can be ensured if the relaxation factor in Lagrangian multiplier updates is underdetermined, which means that the steps for the Lagrangian multiplier updates are shrunk conservatively. Although small steps play an important role in ensuring convergence, they should be strongly avoided in practice. In this article, we propose a relaxed inertial proximal Peaceman-Rachford splitting method, which has a larger feasible set for the relaxation factor. Thus, our method provides the possibility to admit larger steps in the Lagrangian multiplier updates. We establish the global convergence of the proposed algorithm under the same conditions as the inertial proximal Peaceman-Rachford splitting method. Numerical experimental results on a sparse signal recovery problem in compressive sensing and a total variation based image denoising problem demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.     

An exact algorithm for the precedence-constrained single-machine scheduling problem

This study proposes an efficient exact algorithm for the precedence-constrained single-machine scheduling problem to minimize total job completion cost where machine idle time is forbidden. The proposed algorithm is based on the SSDP (Successive Sublimation Dynamic Programming) method and is an extension of the authors’ previous algorithms for the problem without precedence constraints. In this method, a lower bound is computed by solving a Lagrangian relaxation of the original problem via dynamic programming and then it is improved successively by adding constraints to the relaxation until the gap between the lower and upper bounds vanishes. Numerical experiments will show that the algorithm can solve all instances with up to 50 jobs of the precedence-constrained total weighted tardiness and total weighted earliness–tardiness problems, and most instances with 100 jobs of the former problem.