使用自正则度量的凸二次规划的原始对偶内点法的多项式复杂性

最近Peng等人使用新的搜索方向和自正则度量为求解线性规划问题提出了一个原始对偶内点法.本文将这个长步法延伸到凸二次规划.在线性规划情形时,原始空间和对偶空间中的尺度Newton方向是正交的,而在二次规划情形时这是不成立的.本文将处理这个问题并且证明多项式复杂性,并且得到复杂性的上界为O(n√log n log (n/ε)).     

A New Self-Dual Embedding Method for Convex Programming

In this paper we introduce a conic optimization formulation to solve constrained convex programming, and propose a self-dual embedding model for solving the resulting conic optimization problem. The primal and dual cones in this formulation are characterized by the original constraint functions and their corresponding conjugate functions respectively. Hence they are completely symmetric. This allows for a standard primal-dual path following approach for solving the embedded problem. Moreover, there are two immediate logarithmic barrier functions for the primal and dual cones. We show that these two logarithmic barrier functions are conjugate to each other. The explicit form of the conjugate functions are in fact not required to be known in the algorithm. An advantage of the new approach is that there is no need to assume an initial feasible solution to start with. To guarantee the polynomiality of the path-following procedure, we may apply the self-concordant barrier theory of Nesterov and Nemirovski. For this purpose, as one application, we prove that the barrier functions constructed this way are indeed self-concordant when the original constraint functions are convex and quadratic. We pose as an open question to find general conditions under which the constructed barrier functions are self-concordant.     

A Primal-Dual Decomposition Algorithm for Multistage Stochastic Convex Programming

This paper presents a new and high performance solution method for multistage stochastic convex programming. Stochastic programming is a quantitative tool developed in the field of optimization to cope with the problem of decision-making under uncertainty. Among others, stochastic programming has found many applications in finance, such as asset-liability and bond-portfolio management. However, many stochastic programming applications still remain computationally intractable because of their overwhelming dimensionality. In this paper we propose a new decomposition algorithm for multistage stochastic programming with a convex objective and stochastic recourse matrices, based on the path-following interior point method combined with the homogeneous self-dual embedding technique. Our preliminary numerical experiments show that this approach is very promising in many ways for solving generic multistage stochastic programming, including its superiority in terms of numerical efficiency, as well as the flexibility in testing and analyzing the model.Research supported by Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant CUHK4233/01E.     

A Combined Homotopy Infeasible Interior-Point Method for Convex Nonlinear Programming

In this paper, on the basis of the logarithmic barrier function and KKT conditions , we propose a combined homotopy infeasible interior-point method (CHIIP) for convex nonlinear programming problems. For any convex nonlinear programming, without strict convexity for the logarithmic barrier function, we get different solutions of the convex programming in different cases by CHIIP method.     

A Conic Trust-Region Method for Nonlinearly Constrained Optimization

Trust-region methods are powerful optimization methods. The conic model method is a new type of method with more information available at each iteration than standard quadratic-based methods. Can we combine their advantages to form a more powerful method for constrained optimization? In this paper we give a positive answer and present a conic trust-region algorithm for non-linearly constrained optimization problems. The trust-region subproblem of our method is to minimize a conic function subject to the linearized constraints and the trust region bound. The use of conic functions allows the model to interpolate function values and gradient values of the Lagrange function at both the current point and previous iterate point. Since conic functions are the extension of quadratic functions, they approximate general nonlinear functions better than quadratic functions. At the same time, the new algorithm possesses robust global properties. In this paper we establish the global convergence of the new algorithm under standard conditions.     

解非线性优化问题的锥模型信赖域方法

Trust region methods are powerful and effective optimization methods. The conic model method is a new type of method with more information available at each iteration than standard quadratic-based methods. The advantages of the above two methods can be combined to form a more powerful method for constrained optimization. The trust region subproblem of our method is to minimize a conic function subject to the linearized constraints and trust region bound. At the same time, the new algorithm still possesses robust global properties. The global convergence of the new algorithm under standard conditions is established.     

求解非线性规划的原始对偶内点法(英文)

In this paper, we propose a primal-dual interior point method for solving general constrained nonlinear programming problems. To avoid the situation that the algorithm we use may converge to a saddle point or a local maximum, we utilize a merit function to guide the iterates toward a local minimum. Especially, we add the parameter ε to the Newton system when calculating the decrease directions. The global convergence is achieved by the decrease of a merit function. Furthermore, the numerical results confirm that the algorithm can solve this kind of problems in an efficient way.     

双层规划问题的一种模式搜索Filter方法

双层规划在工程设计和经济管理中应用广泛,结合模式搜索方法和Filter方法提出了一种解决双层规划问题的算法—模式搜索Filter方法.算法以Filter法思想构造接受准则,以模式搜索提供迭代方向和步长,能够有效的解决一类双层规划问题.     

一个改进的解线性规划问题的熵函数法

本文将有效因子的概念引入到Shannon熵的信息结构中,提出了一个改进的解线规划问题的熵函数法,随后的理论结果和数值例子表明了本文提出了的方法是有效的。     

极大熵方法与二次规划子问题的显式解

本文对混合约束极大极小问题的目标函数与约束分别用熵函数来逼近,讨论了逼近问题的二次规划子问题的搜索方向的显式形式,并给出了极大极小问题和多目标规划的二次规划予问题的显式解。将所得结果用于相应的算法中,可提高算法的有效性。