A filter inexact-restoration method for nonlinear programming

A new iterative algorithm based on the inexact-restoration (IR) approach combined with the filter strategy to solve nonlinear constrained optimization problems is presented. The high level algorithm is suggested by Gonzaga et al. [7] but not yet implemented - the internal algorithms are not proposed...

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Main Author: Monteiro, M. Teresa T. (author)
Other Authors: Silva, Cândida (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/16571
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/16571
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Summary:A new iterative algorithm based on the inexact-restoration (IR) approach combined with the filter strategy to solve nonlinear constrained optimization problems is presented. The high level algorithm is suggested by Gonzaga et al. [7] but not yet implemented - the internal algorithms are not proposed. The filter, a new concept introduced by Fletcher and Leyffer [3], replaces the merit function avoiding the penalty parameter estimation and the difficulties related to the nondifferentiability. In the IR approach two independent phases are performed in each iteration - the feasibility and the optimality phases. The line search filter is combined with the first one phase to generate a “more feasible” point and then it is used in the optimality phase to reach an “optimal” point. Numerical experiences with a collection of AMPL problems and a performance comparison with IPOPT are provided.