An empirical dynamic model of burn-through point（BTP）in sintering process was developed.The K-means clustering was used to feed distribution according to the cold bed permeability,which was estimated by the superfic...An empirical dynamic model of burn-through point（BTP）in sintering process was developed.The K-means clustering was used to feed distribution according to the cold bed permeability,which was estimated by the superficial gas velocity in the cold stage.For each clustering,a novel genetic programming（NGP）was proposed to construct the empirical model of the waste gas temperature and the bed pressure drop in the sintering stage.The least square method（LSM）and M-estimator were adopted in NGP to improve the ability to compute and resist disturbance.Simulation results show the superiority of the proposed method.展开更多
A globally convergent infeasible-interior-point predictor-corrector algorithm is presented for the second-order cone programming （SOCP） by using the Alizadeh- Haeberly-Overton （AHO） search direction. This algorith...A globally convergent infeasible-interior-point predictor-corrector algorithm is presented for the second-order cone programming （SOCP） by using the Alizadeh- Haeberly-Overton （AHO） search direction. This algorithm does not require the feasibility of the initial points and iteration points. Under suitable assumptions, it is shown that the algorithm can find an -approximate solution of an SOCP in at most O（√n ln（ε0/ε）） iterations. The iteration-complexity bound of our algorithm is almost the same as the best known bound of feasible interior point algorithms for the SOCP.展开更多
A penalized interior point approach for constrained nonlinear programming is examined in this work. To overcome the difficulty of initialization for the interior point method, a problem equivalent to the primal proble...A penalized interior point approach for constrained nonlinear programming is examined in this work. To overcome the difficulty of initialization for the interior point method, a problem equivalent to the primal problem via incorporating an auxiliary variable is constructed. A combined approach of logarithm barrier and quadratic penalty function is proposed to solve the problem. Based on Newton＇s method, the global convergence of interior point and line search algorithm is proven. Only a finite number of iterations is required to reach an approximate optimal solution. Numerical tests are given to show the effectiveness of the method.展开更多
This article presents a polynomial predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm for convex quadratic programming based on a modified predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm. In this algorithm, there is only one c...This article presents a polynomial predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm for convex quadratic programming based on a modified predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm. In this algorithm, there is only one corrector step after each predictor step, where Step 2 is a predictor step and Step 4 is a corrector step in the algorithm. In the algorithm, the predictor step decreases the dual gap as much as possible in a wider neighborhood of the central path and the corrector step draws iteration points back to a narrower neighborhood and make a reduction for the dual gap. It is shown that the algorithm has O（√nL） iteration complexity which is the best result for convex quadratic programming so far.展开更多
In this paper, primal-dual interior-point algorithm with dynamic step size is implemented for linear programming （LP） problems. The algorithms are based on a few kernel functions, including both serf-regular functio...In this paper, primal-dual interior-point algorithm with dynamic step size is implemented for linear programming （LP） problems. The algorithms are based on a few kernel functions, including both serf-regular functions and non-serf-regular ones. The dynamic step size is compared with fixed step size for the algorithms in inner iteration of Newton step. Numerical tests show that the algorithms with dynaraic step size are more efficient than those with fixed step size.展开更多
In this paper, on the basis of the logarithmic barrier function and KKT conditions, we propose a combined homotopy infeasible interior-point method （CHIIP） for convex nonlinear programming problems. For any convex n...In this paper, on the basis of the logarithmic barrier function and KKT conditions, we propose a combined homotopy infeasible interior-point method （CHIIP） for convex nonlinear programming problems. For any convex nonlinear programming, without strict convexity for the logarithmic barrier function, we get different solutions of the convex programming in different cases by CHIIP method.展开更多
The simplified Newton method, at the expense of fast convergence, reduces the work required by Newton method by reusing the initial Jacobian matrix. The composite Newton method attempts to balance the trade-off betwee...The simplified Newton method, at the expense of fast convergence, reduces the work required by Newton method by reusing the initial Jacobian matrix. The composite Newton method attempts to balance the trade-off between expense and fast convergence by composing one Newton step with one simplified Newton step. Recently, Mehrotra suggested a predictor-corrector variant of primal-dual interior point method for linear programming. It is currently the interiorpoint method of the choice for linear programming. In this work we propose a predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm for convex quadratic programming. It is proved that the algorithm is equivalent to a level-1 perturbed composite Newton method. Computations in the algorithm do not require that the initial primal and dual points be feasible. Numerical experiments are made.展开更多
A new point-tree data structure genetic programming (PTGP) method is proposed. For the discontinuous function regression problem, the proposed method is able to identify both the function structure and discontinuities...A new point-tree data structure genetic programming (PTGP) method is proposed. For the discontinuous function regression problem, the proposed method is able to identify both the function structure and discontinuities points simultaneously. It is also easy to be used to solve the continuous function's regression problems. The numerical experiment results demonstrate that the point-tree GP is an efficient alternative way to the complex function identification problems.展开更多
On the basis of the formulations of the logarithmic barrier function and the idea of following the path of minimizers for the logarithmic barrier family of problems the so called "centralpath" for linear pro...On the basis of the formulations of the logarithmic barrier function and the idea of following the path of minimizers for the logarithmic barrier family of problems the so called "centralpath" for linear programming, we propose a new framework of primal-dual infeasible interiorpoint method for linear programming problems. Without the strict convexity of the logarithmic barrier function, we get the following results: (a) if the homotopy parameterμcan not reach to zero,then the feasible set of these programming problems is empty; (b) if the strictly feasible set is nonempty and the solution set is bounded, then for any initial point x, we can obtain a solution of the problems by this method; (c) if the strictly feasible set is nonempty and the solution set is unbounded, then for any initial point x, we can obtain a (?)-solution; and(d) if the strictly feasible set is nonempty and the solution set is empty, then we can get the curve x(μ), which towards to the generalized solutions.展开更多
The present paper is devoted to a novel smoothing function method for convex quadratic programming problem with mixed constrains, which has important application in mechanics and engineering science. The problem is re...The present paper is devoted to a novel smoothing function method for convex quadratic programming problem with mixed constrains, which has important application in mechanics and engineering science. The problem is reformulated as a system of non-smooth equations, and then a smoothing function for the system of non-smooth equations is proposed. The condition of convergences of this iteration algorithm is given. Theory analysis and primary numerical results illustrate that this method is feasible and effective.展开更多
In this paper, we propose an arc-search interior-point algorithm for convex quadratic programming with a wide neighborhood of the central path, which searches the optimizers along the ellipses that approximate the ent...In this paper, we propose an arc-search interior-point algorithm for convex quadratic programming with a wide neighborhood of the central path, which searches the optimizers along the ellipses that approximate the entire central path. The favorable polynomial complexity bound of the algorithm is obtained, namely O（nlog（（ x^0）~TS^0/ε）） which is as good as the linear programming analogue. Finally, the numerical experiments show that the proposed algorithm is efficient.展开更多
Active set method and gradient projection method are curre nt ly the main approaches for linearly constrained convex programming. Interior-po int method is one of the most effective choices for linear programming. In ...Active set method and gradient projection method are curre nt ly the main approaches for linearly constrained convex programming. Interior-po int method is one of the most effective choices for linear programming. In the p aper a predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm for linearly constrained c onvex programming under the predictor-corrector motivation was proposed. In eac h iteration, the algorithm first performs a predictor-step to reduce the dualit y gap and then a corrector-step to keep the points close to the central traject ory. Computations in the algorithm only require that the initial iterate be nonn egative while feasibility or strict feasibility is not required. It is proved th at the algorithm is equivalent to a level-1 perturbed composite Newton method. Numerical experiments on twenty-six standard test problems are made. The result s show that the proposed algorithm is stable and robust.展开更多
In this paper, we propose a primal-dual interior point method for solving general constrained nonlinear programming problems. To avoid the situation that the algorithm we use may converge to a saddle point or a local ...In this paper, we propose a primal-dual interior point method for solving general constrained nonlinear programming problems. To avoid the situation that the algorithm we use may converge to a saddle point or a local maximum, we utilize a merit function to guide the iterates toward a local minimum. Especially, we add the parameter ε to the Newton system when calculating the decrease directions. The global convergence is achieved by the decrease of a merit function. Furthermore, the numerical results confirm that the algorithm can solve this kind of problems in an efficient way.展开更多
In this paper, an Improved Affine-Scaling Interior Point Algorithm for Linear Programming has been proposed. Computational results of selected practical problems affirming the proposed algorithm have been provided. Th...In this paper, an Improved Affine-Scaling Interior Point Algorithm for Linear Programming has been proposed. Computational results of selected practical problems affirming the proposed algorithm have been provided. The proposed algorithm is accurate, faster and therefore reduces the number of iterations required to obtain an optimal solution of a given Linear Programming problem as compared to the already existing Affine-Scaling Interior Point Algorithm. The algorithm can be very useful for development of faster software packages for solving linear programming problems using the interior-point methods.展开更多
This paper presents the Pareto solutions in continuous multi-objective mathematical programming. We discuss the role of some assumptions on the objective functions and feasible domain, the relationship between them, a...This paper presents the Pareto solutions in continuous multi-objective mathematical programming. We discuss the role of some assumptions on the objective functions and feasible domain, the relationship between them, and compactness, contractibility and fixed point properties of the Pareto sets. The authors have tried to remove the concavity assumptions on the objective functions which are usually used in multi-objective maximization problems. The results are based on constructing a retraction from the feasible domain onto the Pareto-optimal set.展开更多
In this paper, we introduce generalized essentially pseudoconvex function and generalized essentially quasiconvex function, and give sufficient optimality conditions of the nonsmooth generalized convex multi-objective...In this paper, we introduce generalized essentially pseudoconvex function and generalized essentially quasiconvex function, and give sufficient optimality conditions of the nonsmooth generalized convex multi-objective programming and its saddle point theorem about cone efficient solution. We set up Mond-Weir type duality and Craven type duality for nonsmooth multiobjective programming with generalized essentially convex functions, and prove them.展开更多
Based on the ideas of infeasible interior-point methods and predictor-corrector algorithms, two interior-point predictor-corrector algorithms for the second-order cone programming （SOCP） are presented. The two algor...Based on the ideas of infeasible interior-point methods and predictor-corrector algorithms, two interior-point predictor-corrector algorithms for the second-order cone programming （SOCP） are presented. The two algorithms use the Newton direction and the Euler direction as the predictor directions, respectively. The corrector directions belong to the category of the Alizadeh-Haeberly-Overton （AHO） directions. These algorithms are suitable to the cases of feasible and infeasible interior iterative points. A simpler neighborhood of the central path for the SOCP is proposed, which is the pivotal difference from other interior-point predictor-corrector algorithms. Under some assumptions, the algorithms possess the global, linear, and quadratic convergence. The complexity bound O（rln（εo/ε）） is obtained, where r denotes the number of the second-order cones in the SOCP problem. The numerical results show that the proposed algorithms are effective.展开更多
This work presents a new methodology based on Linear Programming (LP) to tune Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control parameters. From a specification of a desired output time domain of the plant, a linear opti...This work presents a new methodology based on Linear Programming (LP) to tune Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control parameters. From a specification of a desired output time domain of the plant, a linear optimization system is proposed to adjust the PID controller leading the output signal to stable operation condition with minimum oscillations. The constraint set used in the optimization process is defined by using numerical integration approach. The generated optimization problem is convex and easily solved using an interior point algorithm. Results obtained using familiar plants from literature have shown that the proposed linear programming problem is very effective for tuning PID controllers.展开更多
基金Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China(60736021,21076179)National High-Technologies Research and Development Program of China(863 Program)(2006AA04Z184,2007AA041406)+1 种基金Key Technologies Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province of China(2006C11066,2006C31051)Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China(Y4080339)
文摘An empirical dynamic model of burn-through point（BTP）in sintering process was developed.The K-means clustering was used to feed distribution according to the cold bed permeability,which was estimated by the superficial gas velocity in the cold stage.For each clustering,a novel genetic programming（NGP）was proposed to construct the empirical model of the waste gas temperature and the bed pressure drop in the sintering stage.The least square method（LSM）and M-estimator were adopted in NGP to improve the ability to compute and resist disturbance.Simulation results show the superiority of the proposed method.
基金the National Science Foundation(60574075, 60674108)
文摘A globally convergent infeasible-interior-point predictor-corrector algorithm is presented for the second-order cone programming （SOCP） by using the Alizadeh- Haeberly-Overton （AHO） search direction. This algorithm does not require the feasibility of the initial points and iteration points. Under suitable assumptions, it is shown that the algorithm can find an -approximate solution of an SOCP in at most O（√n ln（ε0/ε）） iterations. The iteration-complexity bound of our algorithm is almost the same as the best known bound of feasible interior point algorithms for the SOCP.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.10771133)the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Grant Nos.J50101, S30104)
文摘A penalized interior point approach for constrained nonlinear programming is examined in this work. To overcome the difficulty of initialization for the interior point method, a problem equivalent to the primal problem via incorporating an auxiliary variable is constructed. A combined approach of logarithm barrier and quadratic penalty function is proposed to solve the problem. Based on Newton＇s method, the global convergence of interior point and line search algorithm is proven. Only a finite number of iterations is required to reach an approximate optimal solution. Numerical tests are given to show the effectiveness of the method.
基金Project supported by the National Science Foundation of China (60574071) the Foundation for University Key Teacher by the Ministry of Education.
文摘This article presents a polynomial predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm for convex quadratic programming based on a modified predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm. In this algorithm, there is only one corrector step after each predictor step, where Step 2 is a predictor step and Step 4 is a corrector step in the algorithm. In the algorithm, the predictor step decreases the dual gap as much as possible in a wider neighborhood of the central path and the corrector step draws iteration points back to a narrower neighborhood and make a reduction for the dual gap. It is shown that the algorithm has O（√nL） iteration complexity which is the best result for convex quadratic programming so far.
基金Project supported by Dutch Organization for Scientific Research(Grant No .613 .000 .010)
文摘In this paper, primal-dual interior-point algorithm with dynamic step size is implemented for linear programming （LP） problems. The algorithms are based on a few kernel functions, including both serf-regular functions and non-serf-regular ones. The dynamic step size is compared with fixed step size for the algorithms in inner iteration of Newton step. Numerical tests show that the algorithms with dynaraic step size are more efficient than those with fixed step size.
文摘In this paper, on the basis of the logarithmic barrier function and KKT conditions, we propose a combined homotopy infeasible interior-point method （CHIIP） for convex nonlinear programming problems. For any convex nonlinear programming, without strict convexity for the logarithmic barrier function, we get different solutions of the convex programming in different cases by CHIIP method.
文摘The simplified Newton method, at the expense of fast convergence, reduces the work required by Newton method by reusing the initial Jacobian matrix. The composite Newton method attempts to balance the trade-off between expense and fast convergence by composing one Newton step with one simplified Newton step. Recently, Mehrotra suggested a predictor-corrector variant of primal-dual interior point method for linear programming. It is currently the interiorpoint method of the choice for linear programming. In this work we propose a predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm for convex quadratic programming. It is proved that the algorithm is equivalent to a level-1 perturbed composite Newton method. Computations in the algorithm do not require that the initial primal and dual points be feasible. Numerical experiments are made.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation(60173046)and the Natural Science Foundation of Province(2002AB040)
文摘A new point-tree data structure genetic programming (PTGP) method is proposed. For the discontinuous function regression problem, the proposed method is able to identify both the function structure and discontinuities points simultaneously. It is also easy to be used to solve the continuous function's regression problems. The numerical experiment results demonstrate that the point-tree GP is an efficient alternative way to the complex function identification problems.
文摘On the basis of the formulations of the logarithmic barrier function and the idea of following the path of minimizers for the logarithmic barrier family of problems the so called "centralpath" for linear programming, we propose a new framework of primal-dual infeasible interiorpoint method for linear programming problems. Without the strict convexity of the logarithmic barrier function, we get the following results: (a) if the homotopy parameterμcan not reach to zero,then the feasible set of these programming problems is empty; (b) if the strictly feasible set is nonempty and the solution set is bounded, then for any initial point x, we can obtain a solution of the problems by this method; (c) if the strictly feasible set is nonempty and the solution set is unbounded, then for any initial point x, we can obtain a (?)-solution; and(d) if the strictly feasible set is nonempty and the solution set is empty, then we can get the curve x(μ), which towards to the generalized solutions.
文摘The present paper is devoted to a novel smoothing function method for convex quadratic programming problem with mixed constrains, which has important application in mechanics and engineering science. The problem is reformulated as a system of non-smooth equations, and then a smoothing function for the system of non-smooth equations is proposed. The condition of convergences of this iteration algorithm is given. Theory analysis and primary numerical results illustrate that this method is feasible and effective.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71471102)
文摘In this paper, we propose an arc-search interior-point algorithm for convex quadratic programming with a wide neighborhood of the central path, which searches the optimizers along the ellipses that approximate the entire central path. The favorable polynomial complexity bound of the algorithm is obtained, namely O（nlog（（ x^0）~TS^0/ε）） which is as good as the linear programming analogue. Finally, the numerical experiments show that the proposed algorithm is efficient.
文摘Active set method and gradient projection method are curre nt ly the main approaches for linearly constrained convex programming. Interior-po int method is one of the most effective choices for linear programming. In the p aper a predictor-corrector interior-point algorithm for linearly constrained c onvex programming under the predictor-corrector motivation was proposed. In eac h iteration, the algorithm first performs a predictor-step to reduce the dualit y gap and then a corrector-step to keep the points close to the central traject ory. Computations in the algorithm only require that the initial iterate be nonn egative while feasibility or strict feasibility is not required. It is proved th at the algorithm is equivalent to a level-1 perturbed composite Newton method. Numerical experiments on twenty-six standard test problems are made. The result s show that the proposed algorithm is stable and robust.
文摘In this paper, we propose a primal-dual interior point method for solving general constrained nonlinear programming problems. To avoid the situation that the algorithm we use may converge to a saddle point or a local maximum, we utilize a merit function to guide the iterates toward a local minimum. Especially, we add the parameter ε to the Newton system when calculating the decrease directions. The global convergence is achieved by the decrease of a merit function. Furthermore, the numerical results confirm that the algorithm can solve this kind of problems in an efficient way.
文摘In this paper, an Improved Affine-Scaling Interior Point Algorithm for Linear Programming has been proposed. Computational results of selected practical problems affirming the proposed algorithm have been provided. The proposed algorithm is accurate, faster and therefore reduces the number of iterations required to obtain an optimal solution of a given Linear Programming problem as compared to the already existing Affine-Scaling Interior Point Algorithm. The algorithm can be very useful for development of faster software packages for solving linear programming problems using the interior-point methods.
文摘This paper presents the Pareto solutions in continuous multi-objective mathematical programming. We discuss the role of some assumptions on the objective functions and feasible domain, the relationship between them, and compactness, contractibility and fixed point properties of the Pareto sets. The authors have tried to remove the concavity assumptions on the objective functions which are usually used in multi-objective maximization problems. The results are based on constructing a retraction from the feasible domain onto the Pareto-optimal set.
文摘In this paper, we introduce generalized essentially pseudoconvex function and generalized essentially quasiconvex function, and give sufficient optimality conditions of the nonsmooth generalized convex multi-objective programming and its saddle point theorem about cone efficient solution. We set up Mond-Weir type duality and Craven type duality for nonsmooth multiobjective programming with generalized essentially convex functions, and prove them.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 71061002 and 11071158)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province of China (Nos. 0832052 and 2010GXNSFB013047)
文摘Based on the ideas of infeasible interior-point methods and predictor-corrector algorithms, two interior-point predictor-corrector algorithms for the second-order cone programming （SOCP） are presented. The two algorithms use the Newton direction and the Euler direction as the predictor directions, respectively. The corrector directions belong to the category of the Alizadeh-Haeberly-Overton （AHO） directions. These algorithms are suitable to the cases of feasible and infeasible interior iterative points. A simpler neighborhood of the central path for the SOCP is proposed, which is the pivotal difference from other interior-point predictor-corrector algorithms. Under some assumptions, the algorithms possess the global, linear, and quadratic convergence. The complexity bound O（rln（εo/ε）） is obtained, where r denotes the number of the second-order cones in the SOCP problem. The numerical results show that the proposed algorithms are effective.
文摘This work presents a new methodology based on Linear Programming (LP) to tune Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control parameters. From a specification of a desired output time domain of the plant, a linear optimization system is proposed to adjust the PID controller leading the output signal to stable operation condition with minimum oscillations. The constraint set used in the optimization process is defined by using numerical integration approach. The generated optimization problem is convex and easily solved using an interior point algorithm. Results obtained using familiar plants from literature have shown that the proposed linear programming problem is very effective for tuning PID controllers.
