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Frank Curtis, N. I. M. Gould, Daniel Robinson, Ph Toint
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
We present an interior-point trust-funnel algorithm for solving large-scale nonlinear optimization problems. The method is based on an approach proposed by Gould and Toint (Math Prog 122(1):155–196, 2010) that focused on solving equality constrained problems. Our method is similar in that it achieves global convergence guarantees by combining a trust-region methodology with a funnel mechanism, but has the additional capability of being able to solve problems with both equality and inequality constraints. The prominent features of our algorithm are that (i) the subproblems that define each search direction may be solved with matrix-free methods so that derivative matrices need not be formed or factorized so long as matrix-vector products with them can be performed; (ii) the subproblems may be solved approximately in all iterations; (iii) in certain situations, the computed search directions represent inexact sequential quadratic optimization steps, which may be desirable for fast local convergence; (iv) criticality measures for feasibility and optimality aid in determining whether only a subset of computations need to be performed during a given iteration; and (v) no merit function or filter is needed to ensure global convergence.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 73-134 |
Number of pages | 62 |
Journal | Mathematical Programming |
Volume | 161 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
Frank E. Curtis: This author was supported by U.S. Department of Energy Grant DE\u00E2\u0080\u0093SC0010615 and U.S. National Science Foundation Grant DMS\u00E2\u0080\u00931016291. Nicholas I. M. Gould: This author was supported by the EPSRC Grant EP/I013067/1. Daniel P. Robinson: This author was supported by U.S. National Science Foundation Grant DMS\u00E2\u0080\u00931217153.
Funders | Funder number |
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National Science Foundation | 1016291, 1217153 |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | EP/I013067/1, EP/M025179/1 |
U.S. Department of Energy | SC0010615 |
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Working paper
Sartenaer, A. (CoI) & Toint, P. (CoI)
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Project: Research Axis