Linear M-estimation with bounded variables

A subproblem in the trust region algorithm for non-linear M-estimation by Ekblom and Madsen is to find the restricted step. It is found by calculating the M-estimator of the linearized model, subject to anL ₂-norm bound on the variables. In this paper it is shown that this subproblem can be solved by applying Hebden-iterations to the minimizer of the Lagrangian function. The new method is compared with an Augmented Lagrange implementation.