Finding the Largest l(p)-Ball in a Polyhedral Set.

Abstract

A simple linear programming formulation is given for finding a ball or hypercube with largest radius contained in a polyhedral set defined by m linear inequalities. The linear program also has m linear constraints similar to those defining the set. It is shown that finding the largest ball is not much more difficult than finding a feasible point. When the center of ball is fixed, the largest radius is easily obtained as the smallest of m ratios. The results can be extended to balls defined by other norms such as elliptic norms. Keywords: Linear programming, Polyhedral set, Norm, Computational complexity, and Hypercube.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA153542

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  • T. H. Shiau

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  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  • Algorithms
  • Applied Mathematics
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  • Computational Complexity
  • Computer Programming
  • Contracts
  • Inequalities
  • Linear Programming
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  • Mathematics
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  • Optimization
  • Polynomials
  • Simplex Method
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  • Mathematics

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