A generalized proximal point algorithm for the nonlinear complementarity problem

Burachik, Regina S., and Iusem, Alfredo N.. "A generalized proximal point algorithm for the nonlinear complementarity problem ." RAIRO - Operations Research 33.4 (2010): 447-479. <http://eudml.org/doc/197803>.

@article{Burachik2010,
abstract = { We consider a generalized proximal point method (GPPA) for solving the nonlinear complementarity problem with monotone operators in Rn. It differs from the classical proximal point method discussed by Rockafellar for the problem of finding zeroes of monotone operators in the use of generalized distances, called φ-divergences, instead of the Euclidean one. These distances play not only a regularization role but also a penalization one, forcing the sequence generated by the method to remain in the interior of the feasible set, so that the method behaves like an interior point one. Under appropriate assumptions on the φ-divergence and the monotone operator we prove that the sequence converges if and only if the problem has solutions, in which case the limit is a solution. If the problem does not have solutions, then the sequence is unbounded. We extend previous results for the proximal point method concerning convex optimization problems. },
author = {Burachik, Regina S., Iusem, Alfredo N.},
journal = {RAIRO - Operations Research},
keywords = { Nonlinear complementarity problem; proximal point methods; monotone operators. ; nonlinear complementarity problem; monotone operators},
language = {eng},
month = {3},
number = {4},
pages = {447-479},
publisher = {EDP Sciences},
title = {A generalized proximal point algorithm for the nonlinear complementarity problem },
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/197803},
volume = {33},
year = {2010},
}

TY - JOUR
AU - Burachik, Regina S.
AU - Iusem, Alfredo N.
TI - A generalized proximal point algorithm for the nonlinear complementarity problem
JO - RAIRO - Operations Research
DA - 2010/3//
PB - EDP Sciences
VL - 33
IS - 4
SP - 447
EP - 479
AB - We consider a generalized proximal point method (GPPA) for solving the nonlinear complementarity problem with monotone operators in Rn. It differs from the classical proximal point method discussed by Rockafellar for the problem of finding zeroes of monotone operators in the use of generalized distances, called φ-divergences, instead of the Euclidean one. These distances play not only a regularization role but also a penalization one, forcing the sequence generated by the method to remain in the interior of the feasible set, so that the method behaves like an interior point one. Under appropriate assumptions on the φ-divergence and the monotone operator we prove that the sequence converges if and only if the problem has solutions, in which case the limit is a solution. If the problem does not have solutions, then the sequence is unbounded. We extend previous results for the proximal point method concerning convex optimization problems.
LA - eng
KW - Nonlinear complementarity problem; proximal point methods; monotone operators. ; nonlinear complementarity problem; monotone operators
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/197803
ER -