DC programming and DCA: thirty years of developments

The year 2015 marks the 30th birthday of DC (Difference of Convex functions) programming and DCA (DC Algorithms) which constitute the backbone of nonconvex programming and global optimization. In this article we offer a short survey on thirty years of developments of these theoretical and algorithmi...

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Published in:Mathematical programming Vol. 169; no. 1; pp. 5 - 68
Main Authors: Le Thi, Hoai An, Pham Dinh, Tao
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2018
Springer Nature B.V
Springer Verlag
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ISSN:0025-5610, 1436-4646
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Summary:The year 2015 marks the 30th birthday of DC (Difference of Convex functions) programming and DCA (DC Algorithms) which constitute the backbone of nonconvex programming and global optimization. In this article we offer a short survey on thirty years of developments of these theoretical and algorithmic tools. The survey is comprised of three parts. In the first part we present a brief history of the field, while in the second we summarize the state-of-the-art results and recent advances. We focus on main theoretical results and DCA solvers for important classes of difficult nonconvex optimization problems, and then give an overview of real-world applications whose solution methods are based on DCA. The third part is devoted to new trends and important open issues, as well as suggestions for future developments.
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ISSN:0025-5610
1436-4646
DOI:10.1007/s10107-018-1235-y