On the existence and uniqueness of solutions in nonlinear complementarity theory

A complementarity problem is said to be globally uniquely solvable (GUS) if it has a unique solution, and this property will not change, even if any constant term is added to the mapping generating the problem.A characterization of the GUS property which generalizes a basic theorem in linear complementarity theory is given. Known sufficient conditions given by Cottle, Karamardian, and Moré for the nonlinear case are also shown to be generalized. In particular, several open questions concerning Cottle's condition are settled and a new proof is given for the sufficiency of this condition.A simple characterization for the two-dimensional case and a necessary condition for then-dimensional case are also given.The research described in this paper was carried out while N. Megiddo was visiting Tokyo Institute of Technology under a Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.     

High Order Long-Step Methods for Solving Linear Complementarity Problems

The paper is concerned with methods for solving linear complementarity problems (LCP) that are monotone or at least sufficient in the sense of Cottle, Pang and Venkateswaran (1989). A basic concept of interior-point-methods is the concept of (perhaps weighted) feasible or infeasible interior-point paths. They converge to a solution of the LCP if a natural path parameter, usually the current duality gap, tends to 0.After reviewing some basic analyticity properties of these paths it is shown how these properties can be used to devise also long-step path-following methods (and not only predictor–corrector type methods) for which the duality gap converges Q-superlinearly to 0 with an arbitrarily high order.     

The generalized linear complementarity problem revisited

Given a vertical block matrixA, we consider in this paper the generalized linear complementarity problem VLCP(q, A) introduced by Cottle and Dantzig. We formulate this problem as a linear complementarity problem with a square matrixM, a formulation which is different from a similar formulation given earlier by Lemke. Our formulation helps in extending many well-known results in linear complementarity to the generalized linear complementarity problem. We also show that the class of vertical block matrices which Cottle and Dantzig's algorithm can process is the same as the class of equivalent square matrices which Lemke's algorithm can process. We also present some degree-theoretic results on a vertical block matrix.     

On the regularization of mixed complementarity problems

A variational inequality problem (VIP) satisfying a constraint qualification can be reduced to a mixed complementarity problem (MOP). Monotonicity of the VIP implies that the MOP is also monotone. Introducing regularizing perturbations, a sequence of strictly monotone mixed complementarity problems is generated. It is shown that, if the original problem is solvable, the sequence of computable inexact solutions of the strictly monotone MCP's is bounded and every accumulation point is a solution. Under an additional condition on the precision used for solving each subproblem, the sequence converges to the minimum norm solution of the MCP.     

一类非单调二阶锥互补问题解集的非空性与有界性

本文在二阶锥上引入一类新的映射,称之为笛卡尔P_*(κ)映射,它是单调映射的推广.文中讨论涉及这类映射的二阶锥互补问题的解的存在性和解集的有界性.主要结论为:如果所考虑的互补问题是严格可行的,那么它的解集是非空有界的.     

A path-following interior-point algorithm for linear and quadratic problems

We describe an algorithm for the monotone linear complementarity problem (LCP) that converges from any positive, not necessarily feasible, starting point and exhibits polynomial complexity if some additional assumptions are made on the starting point. If the problem has a strictly complementarity solution, the method converges subquadratically. We show that the algorithm and its convergence properties extend readily to the mixed monotone linear complementarity problem and, hence, to all the usual formulations of the linear programming and convex quadratic programming problems.This research was supported by the Office of Scientific Computing, U.S. Department of Energy, under Contract W-31-109-Eng-38.     

On the analyticity properties of infeasible-interior-point paths for monotone linear complementarity problems

Infeasible-interior-point paths , a positive vector, for a horizontal linear complementarity problem are defined as the solution of () If the path converges for , then it converges to a solution of . This paper deals with the analyticity properties of and its derivatives with respect to r near r = 0 for solvable monotone complementarity problems . It is shown for with a strictly complementary solution that the path , , has an extension to which is analytic also at . If has no strictly complementary solution, then , , has an extension to that is analytic at . Received May 24, 1996 / Revised version received February 25, 1998     

On cone orderings and the linear complementarity problem

This paper first generalizes a characterization of polyhedral sets having least elements, which is obtained by Cottle and Veinott [6], to the situation in which Euclidean space is partially ordered by some general cone ordering (rather than the usual ordering). We then use this generalization to establish the following characterization of the class $\text{C}$ of matrices ($\text{C}$ arises as a generalization of the class of Z-matrices; see [4], [13], [14]): M∈$\text{C}$ if and only if for every vector q for which the linear complementarity problem (q,M) is feasible, the problem (q,M) has a solution which is the least element of the feasible set of (q,M) with respect to a cone ordering induced by some simplicial cone. This latter result generalizes the characterizations of K-and Z-matrices obtained by Cottle and Veinott [6] and Tamir [21], respectively.     

Newton's method for linear complementarity problems

This paper presents an iterative, Newton-type method for solving a class of linear complementarity problems. This class was discovered by Mangasarian who had established that these problems can be solved as linear programs. Cottle and Pang characterized solutions of the problems in terms of least elements of certain polyhedral sets. The algorithms developed in this paper are shown to converge to the least element solutions. Some applications and computational results are also discussed.     

对称双正型线性互补问题的多重网格迭代解收敛性理论

多重网格法是七十年代产生并获得迅速发展的快速送代法.八十年代初,此方法开始应用于变分不等式的求解,其中包括一类互补问题,近十年来大量的数值实验证实,算法是成功的,而算法的收敛性理论也正在逐步建立,当A正定对称时的多重网格收敛性可见[3]和[7];[4]讨论了A半正定时的情况·本文考虑A为更广的一类矩阵:对称双正阵(见定义1.1),建立互补问题:     

Structural Properties of Tensors and Complementarity Problems

In this paper, one of our main purposes is to prove the boundedness of the solution set of tensor complementarity problems such that the specific bounds depend only on the structural properties of such a tensor. To achieve this purpose, firstly, we prove that this class of structured tensors is strictly semi-positive. Subsequently, the strictly lower and upper bounds of operator norms are given for two positively homogeneous operators. Finally, with the help of the above upper bounds, we show that the solution set of tensor complementarity problems has the strictly lower bound. Furthermore, the upper bounds of spectral radius are obtained, which depends only on the principal diagonal entries of tensors.     

On weak generalized positive subdefinite matrices and the linear complementarity problem

In this article, we present a weaker version of the class of generalized positive subdefinite matrices introduced by Crouzeix and Komlósi [J.P. Crouzeix and S. Komlósi, The Linear Complementarity Problem and the Class of Generalized Positive Subdefinite Matrices, Applied Optimization, Vol. 59, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2001, pp. 45–63], which is new in the literature, and obtain some properties of weak generalized positive subdefinite (WGPSBD) matrices. We show that this weaker class of matrices is also captured by row-sufficient matrices introduced by Cottle et al. [R.W. Cottle, J.S. Pang, and V. Venkateswaran, Sufficient matrices and the linear complementarity problem, Linear Algebra Appl. 114/115 (1989), pp. 231–249] and show that for WGPSBD matrices under appropriate assumptions, the solution set of a linear complementarity problem is the same as the set of Karush–Kuhn–Tucker-stationary points of the corresponding quadratic programming problem. This further extends the results obtained in an earlier paper by Neogy and Das [S.K. Neogy and A.K. Das, Some properties of generalized positive subdenite matrices, SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 27 (2006), pp. 988–995].     

The Generic Stability and Existence of Essentially Connected Components of Solutions for Nonlinear Complementarity Problems

The aim of this paper is to develop the general generic stability theory for nonlinear complementarity problems in the setting of infinite dimensional Banach spaces. We first show that each nonlinear complementarity problem can be approximated arbitrarily by a nonlinear complementarity problem which is stable in the sense that the small change of the objective function results in the small change of its solution set; and thus we say that almost all complementarity problems are stable from viewpoint of Baire category. Secondly, we show that each nonlinear complementarity problem has, at least, one connected component of its solutions which is stable, though in general its solution set may not have good behaviour (i.e., not stable). Our results show that if a complementarity problem has only one connected solution set, it is then always stable without the assumption that the functions are either Lipschitz or differentiable.     

On monotonicity in parametric linear complementarity problems

This paper generalizes the answers that were given by R.W. Cottle to questions that were originally raised by G. Maier.Essentially, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for some notions of monotonicity of solutions for the parametric linear complementarity problem. Our proofs are direct ones and not algorithmic, as Cottle's proofs are, and also cover a broader class of matrices.     

Fixed Point Methods for the Complementarity Problem

This paper is concerned with iterative procedures for the monotone complementarity problem. Our iterative methods consist of finding fixed points of appropriate continuous maps. In the case of the linear complementarity problem, it is shown that the problem is solvable if and only if the sequence of iterates is bounded in which case summability methods are used to find a solution of the problem. This procedure is then used to find a solution of the nonlinear complementarity problem satisfying certain regularity conditions for which the problem has a nonempty bounded solution set.     

Quasiconvex,pseudoconvex, and strictly pseudoconvex quadratic functions

The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, criteria for quasiconvex and pseudoconvex quadratic functions in nonnegative variables of Cottle, Ferland, and Martos are derived by specializing criteria proved by the author. We do not make use of the concept of positive subdefinite matrices. Instead, we are specializing criteria that were derived for quadratic functions on arbitrary convex sets to the special case of quadratic functions in nonnegative variables. The second purpose of this paper is to present several new criteria involving also strictly pseudoconvex quadratic functions.The author wishes to thank Professor R. W. Cottle for helpful discussions.     

Equivalence of the Generalized Vertical Block Linear Complementarity Problems and Linear Complementarity Problems

In this paper, generalization of a vertical block linear complementarity problem associated with two different types of matrices, one of which is a square matrix and the other is a vertical block matrix, is proposed. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of the solution of the generalized vertical block linear complementarity problem is derived and the relationship between the solution set of the generalized vertical block linear complementarity problem and the linear complementarity problem is established. It is proved that the generalized vertical block linear complementarity problem has the P-property if and only if the vertical block linear complementarity problem has the P-property.     

On quadratic andO\left( {\sqrt {nL} } \right) convergence of a predictor—corrector algorithm for LCP

Recently several new results have been developed for the asymptotic (local) convergence of polynomial-time interior-point algorithms. It has been shown that the predictor—corrector algorithm for linear programming (LP) exhibits asymptotic quadratic convergence of the primal—dual gap to zero, without any assumptions concerning nondegeneracy, or the convergence of the iteration sequence. In this paper we prove a similar result for the monotone linear complementarity problem (LCP), assuming only that a strictly complementary solution exists. We also show by example that the existence of a strictly complementarity solution appears to be necessary to achieve superlinear convergence for the algorithm.Research supported in part by NSF Grants DDM-8922636 and DDM-9207347, and an Interdisciplinary Research Grant of the University of Iowa, Iowa Center for Advanced Studies.     

一个求解水平线性互补问题的高阶可行内点算法的多项式复杂性

最近,Zhao和Sun提出了一个求解sufficient线性互补问题的高阶不可行内点算法.不需要严格互补解条件,他们的算法获得了高阶局部收敛率,但他们的文章没有报告多项式复杂性结果.本文我们考虑他们所给算法的一个简化版本,即考虑求解单调水平线性互补问题的一个高阶可行内点算法.我们证明了算法的迭代复杂性是     

Strict Feasibility Conditions in Nonlinear Complementarity Problems

Strict feasibility plays an important role in the development of the theoryand algorithms of complementarity problems. In this paper, we establishsufficient conditions to ensure strict feasibility of a nonlinearcomplementarity problem. Our analysis method, based on a newly introducedconcept of -exceptional sequence, can be viewed as a unified approachfor proving the existence of a strictly feasible point. Some equivalentconditions of strict feasibility are also developed for certaincomplementarity problems. In particular, we show that aP_*-complementarity problem is strictly feasible if and only ifits solution set is nonempty and bounded.