Nonsmooth Newton Methods for Solving the Best Approximation Problem; with Applications to Linear Programming
Abstract
In this thesis, we study the effects of applying a modified
Levenberg-Marquardt regularization to a nonsmooth Newton method. We
expand this application to exact and inexact nonsmooth Newton methods
and apply it to the best approximation constrained
to a polyhedral set problem.
We also demonstrate that linear programs can be represented as a best
approximation problem, extending the application of nonsmooth Newton
methods to linear programming. This application provides us with insight
into an external path following algorithm that, like the
simplex method, takes a finite number of steps on the
boundary of the polyhedral set. However, unlike the simplex method, these steps do not use basic
feasible solutions.
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Tyler Weames
(2023).
Nonsmooth Newton Methods for Solving the Best Approximation Problem; with Applications to Linear Programming. UWSpace.
http://hdl.handle.net/10012/20179
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