A Smoothing Newton Method for Extended Vertical Linear Complementarity Problems

  • Authors:
  • Hou-Duo Qi;Li-Zhi Liao

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

In this paper, we reformulate the extended vertical linear complementarity problem (EVLCP(m,q)) as a nonsmooth equation H(t,x)=0, where $H: \mbox{\smallBbb R}^{n+1} \to \mbox{\smallBbb R}^{n+1}$, $t \in \mbox{\smallBbb R}$ is a parameter variable, and $x \in \mbox{\smallBbb R}$ is the original variable. H is continuously differentiable except at such points (t,x) with t=0. Furthermore H is strongly semismooth. The reformulation of EVLCP(m, q) as a nonsmooth equation is based on the so-called aggregation (smoothing) function. As a result, a Newton-type method is proposed which generates a sequence {wk=(tk,xk)} with all tk 0. We prove that every accumulation point of this sequence is a solution of EVLCP(M, q) under the assumption of row ${\cal W}_0$-property. If row ${\cal W}$-property holds at the solution point, then the convergence rate is quadratic. Promising numerical results are also presented.