A new smoothing quasi-Newton method for nonlinear complementarity problems

  • Authors:
  • Sandra Buhmiler;Nataša Krejić

  • Affiliations:
  • Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia;Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

A new smoothing quasi-Newton method for nonlinear complementarity problems is presented. The method is a generalization of Thomas' method for smooth nonlinear systems and has similar properties as Broyden's method. Local convergence is analyzed for a strictly complementary solution as well as for a degenerate solution. Presented numerical results demonstrate quite similar behavior of Thomas' and Broyden's methods.