Quadratic regularizations in an interior-point method for primal block-angular problems

One of the most efficient interior-point methods for some classes of primal block-angular problems solves the normal equations by a combination of Cholesky factorizations and preconditioned conjugate gradient for, respectively, the block and linking constraints. Its efficiency depends on the spectra...

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Vydané v:Mathematical programming Ročník 130; číslo 2; s. 415 - 445
Hlavní autori: Castro, Jordi, Cuesta, Jordi
Médium: Journal Article Publikácia
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.12.2011
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Shrnutí:One of the most efficient interior-point methods for some classes of primal block-angular problems solves the normal equations by a combination of Cholesky factorizations and preconditioned conjugate gradient for, respectively, the block and linking constraints. Its efficiency depends on the spectral radius—in [0,1)— of a certain matrix in the definition of the preconditioner. Spectral radius close to 1 degrade the performance of the approach. The purpose of this work is twofold. First, to show that a separable quadratic regularization term in the objective reduces the spectral radius, significantly improving the overall performance in some classes of instances. Second, to consider a regularization term which decreases with the barrier function, thus with no need for an extra parameter. Computational experience with some primal block-angular problems confirms the efficiency of the regularized approach. In particular, for some difficult problems, the solution time is reduced by a factor of two to ten by the regularization term, outperforming state-of-the-art commercial solvers.
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ISSN:0025-5610
1436-4646
DOI:10.1007/s10107-010-0341-2