SMOOTHING NEWTON ALGORITHM FOR THE CIRCULAR CONE PROGRAMMING WITH A NONMONOTONE LINE SEARCH

In this paper, we present a nonmonotone smoothing Newton algorithm for solving the circular cone programming(CCP) problem in which a linear function is minimized or maximized over the intersection of an affine space with the circular cone. Based on the relationship between the circular cone and the second-order cone(SOC), we reformulate the CCP problem as the second-order cone problem(SOCP). By extending the nonmonotone line search for unconstrained optimization to the CCP, a nonmonotone smoothing Newton method is proposed for solving the CCP. Under suitable assumptions, the proposed algorithm is shown to be globally and locally quadratically convergent. Some preliminary numerical results indicate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for solving the CCP.

A Nonmonotone Line Search Based Algorithm for Distribution Center Location Selected

The minimax optimization model introduced in this paper is an important model which has received some attention over the past years. In this paper, the application of minimax model on how to select the distribution center location is first introduced. Then a new algorithm with nonmonotone line search to solve the non-decomposable minimax optimization is proposed. We prove that the new algorithm is global Convergent. Numerical results show the proposed algorithm is effective.

The Global Convergence of Self-Scaling BFGS Algorithm with Nonmonotone Line Search for Unconstrained Nonconvex Optimization Problems

The self-scaling quasi-Newton method solves an unconstrained optimization problem by scaling the Hessian approximation matrix before it is updated at each iteration to avoid the possible large eigenvalues in the Hessian approximation matrices of the objective function. It has been proved in the literature that this method has the global and superlinear convergence when the objective function is convex （or even uniformly convex）. We propose to solve unconstrained nonconvex optimization problems by a self-scaling BFGS algorithm with nonmonotone linear search. Nonmonotone line search has been recognized in numerical practices as a competitive approach for solving large-scale nonlinear problems. We consider two different nonmonotone line search forms and study the global convergence of these nonmonotone self-scale BFGS algorithms. We prove that, under some weaker condition than that in the literature, both forms of the self-scaling BFGS algorithm are globally convergent for unconstrained nonconvex optimization problems.

A MIXED SUPERLINEARLY CONVERGENT ALGORITHM WITH NONMONOTONE SEARCH FOR CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATIONS

In the paper, a new mixed algorithm combined with schemes of nonmonotone line search, the systems of linear equations for higher order modification and sequential quadratic programming for constrained optimizations is presented. Under some weaker assumptions,without strict complementary condition, the algorithm is globally and superlinearly convergent.

A CLASSOF NONMONOTONE CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHODSFOR NONCONVEX FUNCTIONS

This paper discusses the global convergence of a class of nonmonotone conjugate gra- dient methods(NM methods) for nonconvex object functions.This class of methods includes the nonmonotone counterpart of modified Polak- Ribière method and modified Hestenes- Stiefel method as special cases

An Alternating Direction Nonmonotone Approximate Newton Algorithm for Inverse Problems

In this paper, an alternating direction nonmonotone approximate Newton algorithm (ADNAN) based on nonmonotone line search is developed for solving inverse problems. It is shown that ADNAN converges to a solution of the inverse problems and numerical results provide the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

A New QP-free Algorithm Without a Penalty Function or a Filter for Nonlinear Semidefinite Programming

In this paper,we present a QP-free algorithm without a penalty function or a filter for nonlinear semidefinite programming.At each iteration,two systems of linear equations with the same coefficient matrix are solved to determine search direction;the nonmonotone line search ensures that the objective function or constraint violation function is sufficiently reduced.There is no feasibility restoration phase in our algorithm,which is necessary for traditional filter methods.The proposed algorithm is globally convergent under some mild conditions.Preliminary numerical results indicate that the proposed algorithm is comparable.

A NEW ADAPTIVE SUBSPACE MINIMIZATION THREE-TERM CONJUGATE GRADIENT ALGORITHM FOR UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION

A new adaptive subspace minimization three-term conjugate gradient algorithm with nonmonotone line search is introduced and analyzed in this paper.The search directions are computed by minimizing a quadratic approximation of the objective function on special subspaces,and we also proposed an adaptive rule for choosing different searching directions at each iteration.We obtain a significant conclusion that the each choice of the search directions satisfies the sufficient descent condition.With the used nonmonotone line search,we prove that the new algorithm is globally convergent for general nonlinear functions under some mild assumptions.Numerical experiments show that the proposed algorithm is promising for the given test problem set.