An Arc Method for Nonlinearly Constrained Programming Problems.

Abstract

An algorithm using second derivatives for solving the problem: minimize f(x) subject to (g sub i) (x) = or > 0, i = 1, ..., m where the (g sub i) are not necessarily linear is presented. The basic idea is to generate a sequence of feasible points with decreasing objective function values by movement along piecewise smooth, 'almost' quadratic arcs. Cluster points of the sequence are shown to be second-order Kuhn-Tucker-Points. If the strict second order sufficiency conditions hold the rate of convergence is shown to be superlinear, or even quadratic if an additional Lipschitz condition is placed on the second derivatives of the problem functions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0723803

Entities

People

  • Garth P. Mccormick

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Convergence
  • Mathematics
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Operations Research