A penalty approach to a discretized double obstacle problem with derivative constraints

This work presents a penalty approach to a nonlinear optimization problem with linear box constraints arising from the discretization of an infinite-dimensional differential obstacle problem with bound constraints on derivatives. In this approach, we first propose a penalty equation approximating th...

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Main Author: Wang, Song
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43515
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description This work presents a penalty approach to a nonlinear optimization problem with linear box constraints arising from the discretization of an infinite-dimensional differential obstacle problem with bound constraints on derivatives. In this approach, we first propose a penalty equation approximating the mixed nonlinear complementarity problem representing the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions of the optimization problem. We then show that the solution to the penalty equation converges to that of the complementarity problem with an exponential convergence rate depending on the parameters used in the equation. Numerical experiments, carried out on a non-trivial test problem to verify the theoretical finding, show that the computed rates of convergence match the theoretical ones well.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-435152019-02-19T05:35:05Z A penalty approach to a discretized double obstacle problem with derivative constraints Wang, Song Mixed nonlinear complementarity problem Convergence rates Variational inequalities Global optimizer Penalty method Double obstacle problem Bounded linear constraints This work presents a penalty approach to a nonlinear optimization problem with linear box constraints arising from the discretization of an infinite-dimensional differential obstacle problem with bound constraints on derivatives. In this approach, we first propose a penalty equation approximating the mixed nonlinear complementarity problem representing the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions of the optimization problem. We then show that the solution to the penalty equation converges to that of the complementarity problem with an exponential convergence rate depending on the parameters used in the equation. Numerical experiments, carried out on a non-trivial test problem to verify the theoretical finding, show that the computed rates of convergence match the theoretical ones well. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43515 10.1007/s10898-014-0262-3 Springer fulltext
spellingShingle Mixed nonlinear complementarity problem
Convergence rates
Variational inequalities
Global optimizer
Penalty method
Double obstacle problem
Bounded linear constraints
Wang, Song
A penalty approach to a discretized double obstacle problem with derivative constraints
title A penalty approach to a discretized double obstacle problem with derivative constraints
title_full A penalty approach to a discretized double obstacle problem with derivative constraints
title_fullStr A penalty approach to a discretized double obstacle problem with derivative constraints
title_full_unstemmed A penalty approach to a discretized double obstacle problem with derivative constraints
title_short A penalty approach to a discretized double obstacle problem with derivative constraints
title_sort penalty approach to a discretized double obstacle problem with derivative constraints
topic Mixed nonlinear complementarity problem
Convergence rates
Variational inequalities
Global optimizer
Penalty method
Double obstacle problem
Bounded linear constraints
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43515