Superlinear Convergence of an SQP-Type Method for Nonlinear Semidefinite Programming

Superlinear Convergence of an SQP-Type Method for Nonlinear Semidefinite Programming

Year:    2020

Author:    Wenhao Fu, Zhongwen Chen

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 17 (2020), Iss. 4 : pp. 592–612

Abstract

In this paper, we study the rate of convergence of a sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method for nonlinear semidefinite programming (SDP) problems. Since the linear SDP constraints does not contribute to the Hessian of the Lagrangian, we propose a reduced SQP-type method, which solves an equivalent and reduced type of the nonlinear SDP problem near the optimal point. For the reduced SDP problem, the well-known and often mentioned "$σ$-term" in the second order sufficient condition vanishes. We analyze the rate of local convergence of the reduced SQP-type method and give a sufficient and necessary condition for its superlinear convergence. Furthermore, we give a sufficient and necessary condition for superlinear convergence of the SQP-type method under the nondegeneracy condition, the second-order sufficient condition with $σ$-term and the strict complementarity condition.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2020-IJNAM-17871

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 17 (2020), Iss. 4 : pp. 592–612

Published online:    2020-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    21

Keywords:    Nonlinear semidefinite programming SQP-type method second order sufficient condition constraint nondegeneracy superlinear convergence.

Author Details

Wenhao Fu

Zhongwen Chen