非线性半定规划的逐次线性化柔性惩罚法（英文）

针对非线性不等式约束半定规划问题提出一种新的逐次线性化方法,新算法既不要求罚函数单调下降,也不使用过滤技巧,尝试步的接受准则仅仅依赖于目标函数和约束违反度,罚函数中对应于成功迭代点的罚因子不需要单调增加.新算法或者要求违反约束度量有足够改善,或者在约束违反度的一个合理范围内要求目标函数值充分下降,在通常假设条件下,分析了新算法的适定性及全局收敛性.最后,给出了非线性半定规划问题的数值试验结果,结果表明了新算法的有效性.     

非线性半定规划一个全局收敛的无罚无滤子SSDP算法

提出了一个求解非线性半定规划的无罚函数无滤子序列二次半定规划(SSDP)算法. 算法每次迭代只需求解一个二次半定规划子问题确定搜索方向; 非单调线搜索保证目标函数或约束违反度函数的充分下降, 从而产生新的迭代点. 在适当的假设条件下, 证明了算法的全局收敛性. 最后给出了初步的数值实验结果.     

一种修改的非单调线搜索SQP算法

提出了一种解非线性规划问题的修改的非单调线搜索算法,并给出了它的全局收敛性证明.不需要用罚函数作为价值函数,也不用滤子和可行性恢复阶段.该算法是基于多目标优化的思想一个迭代点被接受当且仅当目标函数值或是约束违反度函数值有充分的下降.数值结果与LANCELOT作了比较,表明该算法是可靠的.     

不等式约束优化一个基于滤子思想的广义梯度投影算法

讨论非线性不等式约束优化问题, 借鉴于滤子算法思想,提出了一个新型广义梯度投影算法.该方法既不使用罚函数又无真正意义下的滤子.每次迭代通过一个简单的显式广义投影法产生搜索方向,步长由目标函数值或者约束违反度函数值充分下降的Armijo型线搜索产生.算法的主要特点是: 不需要迭代序列的有界性假设;不需要传统滤子算法所必需的可行恢复阶段;使用了ε积极约束集减小计算量.在合适的假设条件下算法具有全局收敛性, 最后对算法进行了初步的数值实验.     

约束优化无罚函数非单调SQP算法

本文研究求解非线性约束优化问题.利用非单调无罚函数方法,提出了一个新的序列二次规划算法.该算法在每次迭代过程中只需求解一个QP子问题和一个线性方程组.在一般条件下,算法具有全局收敛性,数值结果表明,计算量小于单调且含罚函数的传统算法.     

一类非线性三层规划问题的罚函数方法

文章研究了一类结构为非线性-线性-线性三:层规划问题的求解方法.首先,基于下层问题的Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (K-K-T)最优性条件,将该类非线性三层规划问题转化为具有互补约束的非线性二层规划,同时将下层问题的互补约束作为罚项添加到上层目标;然后,再次利用下层问题的K-K-T最优性条件将非线性二层规划转化为非线性单层规划,并再次将得到的互补约束作为上层目标的罚项,构造了该类非线性三层规划问题的罚问题.通过对罚问题性质的分析,得到了该类非线性三层规划问题最优解的必要条件,并设计了罚函数算法.数值结果表明所设计的罚函数算法是可行、有效的.     

线性无关假设如何影响非线性约束最优化算法

首先综述非线性约束最优化最近的一些进展. 首次定义了约束最优化算法的全局收敛性. 注意到最优性条件的精确性和算法近似性之间的差异, 并回顾等式约束最优化的原始的Newton 型算法框架, 即可理解为什么约束梯度的线性无关假设应该而且可以被弱化. 这些讨论被扩展到不等式约束最优化问题. 然后在没有线性无关假设条件下, 证明了一个使用精确罚函数和二阶校正技术的算法可具有超线性收敛性. 这些认知有助于接下来开发求解包括非线性半定规划和锥规划等约束最优化问题的更加有效的新算法.     

一类非线性半向量二层规划问题的罚函数方法

本文研究了一类非线性-线性半向量二层规划问题的罚函数求解方法.对于该类半向量二层规划问题,首先基于下层问题的加权标量化方法和Karush-Kuhn-Tucker最优性条件,将其转化为一般的二层规划问题,并取下层问题的互补约束为罚项,构造出相应的罚问题;然后分析罚问题最优解的相关特征以及最优性条件,进而设计了相应的罚函数算法;最后以相关算例验证了罚函数算法的可行、有效性.     

一种求解非线性约束优化问题的无罚函数无滤子的方法

借助于强次可行方向法的思想和滤子法的思想,给出了一种求解非线性约束优化问题的无罚函数无滤子的方法.方法借助于广义投影技术产生搜索方向,直接通过原目标函数和约束违反度函数作为搜索函数来产生步长,有效地避免了消耗计算成本的恢复阶段.最后在适当的假设条件下,给出了算法的全局收敛性和有效性.     

非线性约束优化的光滑化平方根罚函数

介绍一种非线性约束优化的不可微平方根罚函数,为这种非光滑罚函数提出了一个新的光滑化函数和对应的罚优化问题,获得了原问题与光滑化罚优化问题目标之间的误差估计. 基于这种罚函数,提出了一个算法和收敛性证明,数值例子表明算法对解决非线性约束优化具有有效性.     

Inexact-Restoration Algorithm for Constrained Optimization1

We introduce a new model algorithm for solving nonlinear programming problems. No slack variables are introduced for dealing with inequality constraints. Each iteration of the method proceeds in two phases. In the first phase, feasibility of the current iterate is improved; in second phase, the objective function value is reduced in an approximate feasible set. The point that results from the second phase is compared with the current point using a nonsmooth merit function that combines feasibility and optimality. This merit function includes a penalty parameter that changes between consecutive iterations. A suitable updating procedure for this penalty parameter is included by means of which it can be increased or decreased along consecutive iterations. The conditions for feasibility improvement at the first phase and for optimality improvement at the second phase are mild, and large-scale implementation of the resulting method is possible. We prove that, under suitable conditions, which do not include regularity or existence of second derivatives, all the limit points of an infinite sequence generated by the algorithm are feasible, and that a suitable optimality measure can be made as small as desired. The algorithm is implemented and tested against the LANCELOT algorithm using a set of hard-spheres problems.     

A new penalty-free-type algorithm based on trust region techniques

In this paper, we propose a new penalty-free-type method for nonlinear equality constrained problems. The new algorithm uses trust region framework and feasibility safeguarding technique. Moreover, it has no choice of penalty parameter and penalty function as a merit function, and it does not use the filter technique to avoid the penalty function either. We analyze the global convergence of the main algorithm under the standard assumptions. The preliminary numerical tests are reported.     

A penalty-free method with line search for nonlinear equality constrained optimization

A new line search method is introduced for solving nonlinear equality constrained optimization problems. It does not use any penalty function or a filter. At each iteration, the trial step is determined such that either the value of the objective function or the measure of the constraint violation is sufficiently reduced. Under usual assumptions, it is shown that every limit point of the sequence of iterates generated by the algorithm is feasible, and there exists at least one limit point that is a stationary point for the problem. A simple modification of the algorithm by introducing second order correction steps is presented. It is shown that the modified method does not suffer from the Maratos’ effect, so that it converges superlinearly. The preliminary numerical results are reported.     

非线性互补约束均衡问题的一个滤子SQP算法

提出了—个求解非线性互补约束均衡问题的滤子SQP算法.借助Fischer-Burmeister函数把均衡约束转化为—个非光滑方程组,然后利用逐步逼近和分裂思想,给出—个与原问题近似的一般的约束优化.引入滤子思想,避免了罚函数法在选择罚因子上的困难.在适当的条件下证明了算法的全局收敛性,部分的数值结果表明算法是有效的.     

Nonlinear programming without a penalty function or a filter

A new method is introduced for solving equality constrained nonlinear optimization problems. This method does not use a penalty function, nor a filter, and yet can be proved to be globally convergent to first-order stationary points. It uses different trust-regions to cope with the nonlinearities of the objective function and the constraints, and allows inexact SQP steps that do not lie exactly in the nullspace of the local Jacobian. Preliminary numerical experiments on CUTEr problems indicate that the method performs well.      

A new line search inexact restoration approach for nonlinear programming

A new general scheme for Inexact Restoration methods for Nonlinear Programming is introduced. After computing an inexactly restored point, the new iterate is determined in an approximate tangent affine subspace by means of a simple line search on a penalty function. This differs from previous methods, in which the tangent phase needs both a line search based on the objective function (or its Lagrangian) and a confirmation based on a penalty function or a filter decision scheme. Besides its simplicity the new scheme enjoys some nice theoretical properties. In particular, a key condition for the inexact restoration step could be weakened. To some extent this also enables the application of the new scheme to mathematical programs with complementarity constraints.     

遗传算法求解约束非线性规划及Matlab实现

对于约束非线性规划问题,传统的方法:可行方向法、惩罚函数法计算烦琐且精度不高.用新兴的遗传算法来解决约束非线性规划,核心是惩罚函数的构造.以前的惩罚函数遗传算法有的精度较低,有的过于复杂.本文在两个定义的基础上构造了新的惩罚函数,并在新的惩罚函数的基础上,提出了一种解决约束非线性最优化问题的方法.通过两个例子应用Matlab说明了这个算法的可行性.     

等式约束优化非单调信赖域算法

设计了一个新的求解等式约束优化问题的非单调信赖域算法.该算法不需要罚函数也无需滤子.在每次迭代过程中只需求解满足下降条件的拟法向步及切向步.新算法产生的迭代步比滤子方法更易接受,计算量比单调算法小.在一般条件下,算法具有全局收敛性.     

Interior-point ℓ 2-penalty methods for nonlinear programming with strong global convergence properties

We propose two line search primal-dual interior-point methods for nonlinear programming that approximately solve a sequence of equality constrained barrier subproblems. To solve each subproblem, our methods apply a modified Newton method and use an ℓ₂-exact penalty function to attain feasibility. Our methods have strong global convergence properties under standard assumptions. Specifically, if the penalty parameter remains bounded, any limit point of the iterate sequence is either a Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) point of the barrier subproblem, or a Fritz-John (FJ) point of the original problem that fails to satisfy the Mangasarian-Fromovitz constraint qualification (MFCQ); if the penalty parameter tends to infinity, there is a limit point that is either an infeasible FJ point of the inequality constrained feasibility problem (an infeasible stationary point of the infeasibility measure if slack variables are added) or a FJ point of the original problem at which the MFCQ fails to hold. Numerical results are given that illustrate these outcomes. Research supported by the Presidential Fellowship of Columbia University. Research supported in part by NSF Grant DMS 01-04282, DOE Grant DE-FG02-92EQ25126 and DNR Grant N00014-03-0514.     

A kind of nonmonotone filter method for nonlinear complementarity problem

The nonlinear complementarity problem can be reformulated as a nonlinear programming. For solving nonlinear programming, sequential quadratic programming (SQP) type method is very effective. But the QP subproblem may be inconsistent. In this paper, we propose a kind nonmonotone filter method in which the QP subproblem is consistent. By means of nonmonotone filter, this method has no demand on the penalty parameter which is difficult to obtain. Moreover, the restoration phase is not needed any more. Under reasonable conditions, we obtain the global convergence of the algorithm. Some numerical results are presented.