Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Authors

Daniel Solow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2-1-1979

Abstract

A cutting-plane algorithm is proposed for minimizing a continuously differentiable convex function of n variables. One notable feature of this algorithm is that each cut is actually a supporting hyperplane, which does not require an iterative procedure. To initiate the whole process, a phase I method based on the complementary pivoting algorithms will be used. Of particular interest is the one-dimensional version of the cutting-plane algorithm, which reduces to a new form of line search.

Keywords

Operations research, Algorithms, Convex functions, Mathematical optimization

Publication Title

Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 452

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

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