Iterative Determination of Parameters for an Exact Penalty Function.

Abstract

As an approach to solving nonlinear programs, the paper discusses a class of functions known to be exact penalty functions for a proper choice of the parameters. The goal is to iteratively determine the correct parameter values. A basic algorithm has been developed. The author proved that this algorithm converges for concave programs, and in the limited computational tests performed to date it has always converged for nonconcave programs also. Suggestions for continuing the work are given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736120

Entities

People

  • James K. Hartman

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Operations Research