LAGRANGE-TYPE FUNCTIONS IN CONSTRAINED NON-CONVEX OPTIMIZATION by Alexander M. Rubinov ( 9781461348214 )

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LAGRANGE-TYPE FUNCTIONS IN CONSTRAINED NON-CONVEX OPTIMIZATION

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ISBN 10:

1461348218

ISBN 13:

9781461348214

Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.

Pub. date:

22 November, 2013

Edition:

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003

Series:

Applied Optimization 85

Pages:

286

Description:

Thus the question arises how to generalize classical Lagrange and penalty functions, in order to obtain an appropriate scheme for reducing constrained optimiza- tion problems to unconstrained ones that will be suitable for sufficiently broad classes of optimization problems from both the theoretical and computational viewpoints.

Synopsis:

Lagrange and penalty function methods provide a powerful approach, both as a theoretical tool and a computational vehicle, for the study of constrained optimization problems. However, for a nonconvex constrained optimization problem, the classical Lagrange primal-dual method may fail to find a mini- mum as a zero duality gap is not always guaranteed. A large penalty parameter is, in general, required for classical quadratic penalty functions in order that minima of penalty problems are a good approximation to those of the original constrained optimization problems. It is well-known that penaity functions with too large parameters cause an obstacle for numerical implementation. Thus the question arises how to generalize classical Lagrange and penalty functions, in order to obtain an appropriate scheme for reducing constrained optimiza- tion problems to unconstrained ones that will be suitable for sufficiently broad classes of optimization problems from both the theoretical and computational viewpoints. Some approaches for such a scheme are studied in this book. One of them is as follows: an unconstrained problem is constructed, where the objective function is a convolution of the objective and constraint functions of the original problem. While a linear convolution leads to a classical Lagrange function, different kinds of nonlinear convolutions lead to interesting generalizations. We shall call functions that appear as a convolution of the objective function and the constraint functions, Lagrange-type functions.

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XIV, 286 p.

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Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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Returnable

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