An affine scaling interior trust-region method combining with nonmonotone line search filter technique for linear inequality constrained minimization

This paper proposes an affine scaling interior trust-region method in association with nonmonotone line search filter technique for solving nonlinear optimization problems subject to linear inequality constraints. Based on a Newton step which is derived from the complementarity conditions of linear inequality constrained optimization, a trust-region subproblem subject only to an ellipsoidal constraint is defined by minimizing a quadratic model with an appropriate quadratic function and scaling matrix. The nonmonotone schemes combining with trust-region strategy and line search filter technique can bring about speeding up the convergence progress in the case of high nonlinear. A new backtracking relevance condition is given which assures global convergence without using the switching condition used in the traditional line search filter technique. The fast local convergence rate of the proposed algorithm is achieved which is not depending on any external restoration procedure. The preliminary numerical experiments are reported to show effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.     

A trust-region algorithm combining line search filter technique for nonlinear constrained optimization

In this paper, we propose a trust-region algorithm in association with line search filter technique for solving nonlinear equality constrained programming. At current iteration, a trial step is formed as the sum of a normal step and a tangential step which is generated by trust-region subproblem and the step size is decided by interior backtracking line search together with filter methods. Then, the next iteration is determined. This is different from general trust-region methods in which the next iteration is determined by the ratio of the actual reduction to the predicted reduction. The global convergence analysis for this algorithm is presented under some reasonable assumptions and the preliminary numerical results are reported.     

A trust region method based on a new affine scaling technique for simple bounded optimization

In this paper, we propose a new trust region affine scaling method for nonlinear programming with simple bounds. Our new method is an interior-point trust region method with a new scaling technique. The scaling matrix depends on the distances of the current iterate to the boundaries, the gradient of the objective function and the trust region radius. This scaling technique is different from the existing ones. It is motivated by our analysis of the linear programming case. The trial step is obtained by minimizing the quadratic approximation to the objective function in the scaled trust region. It is proved that our algorithm guarantees that at least one accumulation point of the iterates is a stationary point. Preliminary numerical experience on problems with simple bounds from the CUTEr collection is also reported. The numerical performance reveals that our method is effective and competitive with the famous algorithm LANCELOT. It also indicates that the new scaling technique is very effective and might be a good alternative to that used in the subroutine fmincon from Matlab optimization toolbox.     

A cubic regularization algorithm for unconstrained optimization using line search and nonmonotone techniques

In recent years, cubic regularization algorithms for unconstrained optimization have been defined as alternatives to trust-region and line search schemes. These regularization techniques are based on the strategy of computing an (approximate) global minimizer of a cubic overestimator of the objective function. In this work we focus on the adaptive regularization algorithm using cubics (ARC) proposed in Cartis et al. [Adaptive cubic regularisation methods for unconstrained optimization. Part I: motivation, convergence and numerical results, Mathematical Programming A 127 (2011), pp. 245–295]. Our purpose is to design a modified version of ARC in order to improve the computational efficiency preserving global convergence properties. The basic idea is to suitably combine a Goldstein-type line search and a nonmonotone accepting criterion with the aim of advantageously exploiting the possible good descent properties of the trial step computed as (approximate) minimizer of the cubic model. Global convergence properties of the proposed nonmonotone ARC algorithm are proved. Numerical experiments are performed and the obtained results clearly show satisfactory performance of the new algorithm when compared to the basic ARC algorithm.     

A new trust-region method with line search for solving symmetric nonlinear equations

A new trust-region method is proposed for symmetric nonlinear equations. In this given algorithm, if the trial step is unsuccessful, one line search will be used instead of repeatedly solving the subproblem of the normal trust-region method. Moreover, the global convergence is established under mild conditions by a new way. The quadratic convergence of the presented method is also proved. Numerical results show that the method is interesting for the given problems.