Title
Semi-continuous quadratic optimization: existence conditions and duality scheme
Abstract
In this work, we study the class of problems called semi-continuous optimization, which contains constrained minimization (maximization) problems with lower (upper) semi-continuous objective functions. We show some existence conditions for solutions based on asymptotic techniques, as well as a duality scheme based on the Fenchel---Moreau conjugation specifically applied to semi-continuous problems. Promising results are obtained, when we apply this scheme to minimize quadratic functions (whose Hessians can be symmetric indefinite) over nonempty, closed and convex polyhedral sets.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/s10898-015-0306-3
Journal of Global Optimization
Keywords
Field
DocType
Existence conditions,Duality scheme,Semi-continuous optimization,Fenchel–Moreau conjugation,90C20,90C26,90C46
Perturbation function,Mathematical optimization,Duality gap,Weak duality,Mathematical analysis,Fenchel's duality theorem,Duality (optimization),Quadratic function,Strong duality,Quadratic programming,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
63
2
0925-5001
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.56
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
John Edwin Cotrina1123.83
Fernanda M. P. Raupp2295.35
Wilfredo Sosa3436.22