A Shifted-Barrier Primal-Dual Algorithm Model for Linearly ConstrainedOptimization Problems

  • Authors:
  • Gianni Di Pillo;Stefano Lucidi;Laura Palagi

  • Affiliations:
  • Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, via Buonarroti 12, 00185 Roma, Italy. dipillo@dis.uniroma1.it;Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, via Buonarroti 12, 00185 Roma, Italy. lucidi@dis.uniroma1.it;Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, via Buonarroti 12, 00185 Roma, Italy. palagi@dis.uniroma1.it

  • Venue:
  • Computational Optimization and Applications - Special issue on computational optimization—a tribute to Olvi Mangasarian, part I
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

In this paper we describe a Newton-type algorithm model for solving smooth constrained optimizationproblems with nonlinear objective function, general linear constraintsand bounded variables. The algorithm model is based on the definition of a continuously differentiable exact merit function that follows an exact penaltyapproach for the box constraints and an exact augmented Lagrangianapproach for the general linear constraints. Under very mildassumptions and without requiring the strict complementarityassumption, the algorithm model produces a sequence of pairs{x^k, λ^k} converging quadratically to a pair ({\bar{x},\bar\lambda}) where {\bar{x} satisfies the first order necessaryconditions and {\bar\lambda} is a KKT multipliers vector associated to the linear constraints. As regards the behaviour of the sequence {x^k}alone, it is guaranteed that it converges at least superlinearly. At each iteration, the algorithm requires only the solution of alinear system that can be performed by means of conjugate gradient methods. Numerical experiments and comparison are reported.