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Mathematical Programs with Vanishing Constraints: Optimality Conditions, Sensitivity, and a Relaxation Method

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  • A. F. Izmailov

    (Moscow State University)

  • M. V. Solodov

    (IMPA—Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada)

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We consider a class of optimization problems with switch-off/switch-on constraints, which is a relatively new problem model. The specificity of this model is that it contains constraints that are being imposed (switched on) at some points of the feasible region, while being disregarded (switched off) at other points. This seems to be a potentially useful modeling paradigm, that has been shown to be helpful, for example, in optimal topology design. The fact that some constraints “vanish” from the problem at certain points, gave rise to the name of mathematical programs with vanishing constraints (MPVC). It turns out that such problems are usually degenerate at a solution, but are structurally different from the related class of mathematical programs with complementarity constraints (MPCC). In this paper, we first discuss some known first- and second-order necessary optimality conditions for MPVC, giving new very short and direct justifications. We then derive some new special second-order sufficient optimality conditions for these problems and show that, quite remarkably, these conditions are actually equivalent to the classical/standard second-order sufficient conditions in optimization. We also provide a sensitivity analysis for MPVC. Finally, a relaxation method is proposed. For this method, we analyze constraints regularity and boundedness of the Lagrange multipliers in the relaxed subproblems, derive a sufficient condition for local uniqueness of solutions of subproblems, and give convergence estimates.

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  • A. F. Izmailov & M. V. Solodov, 2009. "Mathematical Programs with Vanishing Constraints: Optimality Conditions, Sensitivity, and a Relaxation Method," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 142(3), pages 501-532, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joptap:v:142:y:2009:i:3:d:10.1007_s10957-009-9517-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s10957-009-9517-4
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