A path-following primal-dual augmented Lagrangian method for NEP
Fangyao Su
UCSD
Abstract:
A new path-following primal-dual augmented Lagrangian method is proposed
for solving nonlinear equality constrained optimization problems (NEP).
At each iteration, a Newton-like method is used to solve a perturbed
optimality condition that defines a penalty trajectory parameterized by
both the penalty parameter and the estimated Lagrange multipliers.
We show that this method is globally convergent and has a quadratic
convergence rate in the limit. Finally, numerical experiments on
problems from the CUTEst test collection are are used to support the
theoretical analysis.