Interior-point Polynomial Algorithms in Convex Programming
Interior-point Polynomial Algorithms in Convex Programming

Author: Yurii Nesterov

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9781611970791

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Specialists working in the areas of optimization, mathematical programming, or control theory will find this book invaluable for studying interior-point methods for linear and quadratic programming, polynomial-time methods for nonlinear convex programming, and efficient computational methods for control problems and variational inequalities. A background in linear algebra and mathematical programming is necessary to understand the book. The detailed proofs and lack of "numerical examples" might suggest that the book is of limited value to the reader interested in the practical aspects of convex optimization, but nothing could be further from the truth. An entire chapter is devoted to potential reduction methods precisely because of their great efficiency in practice.

Primal-dual Interior-Point Methods
Primal-dual Interior-Point Methods

Author: Stephen J. Wright

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 9781611971453

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In the past decade, primal-dual algorithms have emerged as the most important and useful algorithms from the interior-point class. This book presents the major primal-dual algorithms for linear programming in straightforward terms. A thorough description of the theoretical properties of these methods is given, as are a discussion of practical and computational aspects and a summary of current software. This is an excellent, timely, and well-written work. The major primal-dual algorithms covered in this book are path-following algorithms (short- and long-step, predictor-corrector), potential-reduction algorithms, and infeasible-interior-point algorithms. A unified treatment of superlinear convergence, finite termination, and detection of infeasible problems is presented. Issues relevant to practical implementation are also discussed, including sparse linear algebra and a complete specification of Mehrotra's predictor-corrector algorithm. Also treated are extensions of primal-dual algorithms to more general problems such as monotone complementarity, semidefinite programming, and general convex programming problems.

Progress in Mathematical Programming
Progress in Mathematical Programming

Author: Nimrod Megiddo

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1461396174

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The starting point of this volume was a conference entitled "Progress in Mathematical Programming," held at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California, March 1-4, 1987. The main topic of the conference was developments in the theory and practice of linear programming since Karmarkar's algorithm. There were thirty presentations and approximately fifty people attended. Presentations included new algorithms, new analyses of algorithms, reports on computational experience, and some other topics related to the practice of mathematical programming. Interestingly, most of the progress reported at the conference was on the theoretical side. Several new polynomial algorithms for linear program ming were presented (Barnes-Chopra-Jensen, Goldfarb-Mehrotra, Gonzaga, Kojima-Mizuno-Yoshise, Renegar, Todd, Vaidya, and Ye). Other algorithms presented were by Betke-Gritzmann, Blum, Gill-Murray-Saunders-Wright, Nazareth, Vial, and Zikan-Cottle. Efforts in the theoretical analysis of algo rithms were also reported (Anstreicher, Bayer-Lagarias, Imai, Lagarias, Megiddo-Shub, Lagarias, Smale, and Vanderbei). Computational experiences were reported by Lustig, Tomlin, Todd, Tone, Ye, and Zikan-Cottle. Of special interest, although not in the main direction discussed at the conference, was the report by Rinaldi on the practical solution of some large traveling salesman problems. At the time of the conference, it was still not clear whether the new algorithms developed since Karmarkar's algorithm would replace the simplex method in practice. Alan Hoffman presented results on conditions under which linear programming problems can be solved by greedy algorithms."

Primal-Dual Interior Methods for Quadratic Programming
Primal-Dual Interior Methods for Quadratic Programming

Author: Anna Shustrova

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 9781321848700

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Interior methods are a class of computational methods for solving a con- strained optimization problem. Interior methods follow a continuous path to the solution that passes through the interior of the feasible region (i.e., the set of points that satisfy the constraints). Interior-point methods may also be viewed as methods that replace the constrained problem by a sequence of unconstrained problems in which the objective function is augmented by a weighted \barrier" term that is infinite at the boundary of the feasible region. Convergence to a solution of the constrained problem is achieved by solving a sequence of unconstrained problems in which the weight on the barrier term is steadily reduced to zero. This thesis concerns the formulation and analysis of interior methods for the solution of a quadratic programming (QP) problem, which is an optimization problem with a quadratic objective function and linear constraints. The linear constraints may include an arbitrary mixture of equality and inequality constraints, where the inequality constraints may be subject to lower and/or upper bounds. QP problems arise in a wide variety of applications. An important application is in sequential quadratic programming methods for nonlinear optimization, which involve minimizing a sequence of QP subproblems based on a quadratic approximation of the nonlinear objective function and a set of linearized nonlinear constraints. Two new interior methods for QP are proposed. Each is based on the properties of a barrier function defined in terms of both the primal and dual variables. The first method is suitable for a QP with all inequality constraints. At each iteration, the Newton equations for minimizing a quadratic model of the primal-dual barrier function are reformulated in terms of a symmetric indefinite system of equations that is solved using an inertia controlling factorization. This factorization provides an effective method for the detection and convexification of nonconvex problems. The second method is intended for problems with a mixture of equality and inequality constraints. In this case, the QP constraints are converted to so-called standard form and a primal-dual augmented Lagrangian is used to ensure the feasibility of the equality constraints in the limit.

Interior Point Algorithms
Interior Point Algorithms

Author: Yinyu Ye

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-10-11

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 1118030958

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The first comprehensive review of the theory and practice of one oftoday's most powerful optimization techniques. The explosive growth of research into and development of interiorpoint algorithms over the past two decades has significantlyimproved the complexity of linear programming and yielded some oftoday's most sophisticated computing techniques. This book offers acomprehensive and thorough treatment of the theory, analysis, andimplementation of this powerful computational tool. Interior Point Algorithms provides detailed coverage of all basicand advanced aspects of the subject. Beginning with an overview offundamental mathematical procedures, Professor Yinyu Ye movesswiftly on to in-depth explorations of numerous computationalproblems and the algorithms that have been developed to solve them.An indispensable text/reference for students and researchers inapplied mathematics, computer science, operations research,management science, and engineering, Interior Point Algorithms: * Derives various complexity results for linear and convexprogramming * Emphasizes interior point geometry and potential theory * Covers state-of-the-art results for extension, implementation,and other cutting-edge computational techniques * Explores the hottest new research topics, including nonlinearprogramming and nonconvex optimization.

Interior Point Methods for Linear Optimization
Interior Point Methods for Linear Optimization

Author: Cornelis Roos

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-02-08

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 0387263799

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The era of interior point methods (IPMs) was initiated by N. Karmarkar’s 1984 paper, which triggered turbulent research and reshaped almost all areas of optimization theory and computational practice. This book offers comprehensive coverage of IPMs. It details the main results of more than a decade of IPM research. Numerous exercises are provided to aid in understanding the material.