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A Practical Second-Order Optimality Condition for Cardinality-Constrained Problems with Application to an Augmented Lagrangian Method

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  • Jean C. A. Medeiros

    (State University of Campinas)

  • Ademir A. Ribeiro

    (Federal University of Paraná)

  • Mael Sachine

    (Federal University of Paraná)

  • Leonardo D. Secchin

    (Federal University of Espírito Santo)

Abstract

This paper addresses the mathematical programs with cardinality constraints (MPCaC). We first define two new tailored (strong and weak) second-order necessary conditions, MPCaC-SSONC and MPCaC-WSONC. We then propose a constraint qualification (CQ), namely, MPCaC-relaxed constant rank constraint qualification (MPCaC-RCRCQ), and establish the validity of MPCaC-SSONC at minimizers under this new CQ. All the concepts proposed here are based on the so-called M-stationarity, which is a suitable first-order stationarity for MPCaC. Furthermore, they are defined using only original variables, without the help of auxiliary variables of an augmented problem commonly considered in this context. This makes the proposed second-order stationarity concepts suitable for MPCaC. We illustrate the applicability of MPCaC-WSONC to derive global convergence for a second-order augmented Lagrangian algorithm on MPCaCs under MPCaC-RCRCQ. The relationship between the tailored MPCaC-WSONC and the standard WSONC (applied to a reformulated problem) are treated, showing that MPCaC-WSONC is a strong condition to study global convergence of algorithms in the MPCaC context.

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  • Jean C. A. Medeiros & Ademir A. Ribeiro & Mael Sachine & Leonardo D. Secchin, 2025. "A Practical Second-Order Optimality Condition for Cardinality-Constrained Problems with Application to an Augmented Lagrangian Method," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 206(2), pages 1-25, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joptap:v:206:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s10957-025-02705-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10957-025-02705-5
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