On modeling and global solutions for d.c. optimization problems by canonical duality theory
- Authors: Jin, Zhong , Gao, David
- Date: 2017
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Applied Mathematics and Computation Vol. 296, no. (2017), p. 168-181
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- Description: This paper presents a canonical d.c. (difference of canonical and convex functions) programming problem, which can be used to model general global optimization problems in complex systems. It shows that by using the canonical duality theory, a large class of nonconvex minimization problems can be equivalently converted to a unified concave maximization problem over a convex domain, which can be solved easily under certain conditions. Additionally, a detailed proof for triality theory is provided, which can be used to identify local extremal solutions. Applications are illustrated and open problems are presented.
- Description: This paper presents a canonical d.c. (difference of canonical and convex functions) programming problem, which can be used to model general global optimization problems in complex systems. It shows that by using the canonical duality theory, a large class of nonconvex minimization problems can be equivalently converted to a unified concave maximization problem over a convex domain, which can be solved easily under certain conditions. Additionally, a detailed proof for triality theory is provided, which can be used to identify local extremal solutions. Applications are illustrated and open problems are presented. © 2016 Elsevier Inc.
Global optimal trajectory in Chaos and NP-Hardness
- Authors: Latorre, Vittorio , Gao, David
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos Vol. 26, no. 8 (2016), p. 1-14
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- Description: This paper presents an unconventional theory and method for solving general nonlinear dynamical systems. Instead of the direct iterative methods, the discretized nonlinear system is first formulated as a global optimization problem via the least squares method. A newly developed canonical duality theory shows that this nonconvex minimization problem can be solved deterministically in polynomial time if a global optimality condition is satisfied. The so-called pseudo-chaos produced by linear iterative methods are mainly due to the intrinsic numerical error accumulations. Otherwise, the global optimization problem could be NP-hard and the nonlinear system can be really chaotic. A conjecture is proposed, which reveals the connection between chaos in nonlinear dynamics and NP-hardness in computer science. The methodology and the conjecture are verified by applications to the well-known logistic equation, a forced memristive circuit and the Lorenz system. Computational results show that the canonical duality theory can be used to identify chaotic systems and to obtain realistic global optimal solutions in nonlinear dynamical systems. The method and results presented in this paper should bring some new insights into nonlinear dynamical systems and NP-hardness in computational complexity theory. © 2016 World Scientific Publishing Company.
Global solutions to a class of CEC benchmark constrained optimization problems
- Authors: Zhou, Xiaojun , Gao, David , Yang, Chunhua
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Optimization Letters Vol. 10, no. 3 (2016), p. 457-472
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- Description: This paper aims to solve a class of CEC benchmark constrained optimization problems that have been widely studied by nature-inspired optimization algorithms. Based on canonical duality theory, these challenging problems can be reformulated as a unified canonical dual problem over a convex set, which can be solved deterministically to obtain global optimal solutions in polynomial time. Applications are illustrated by some well-known CEC benchmark problems, and comparisons with other methods have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed approach. © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Global solutions to nonconvex optimization of 4th-order polynomial and log-sum-exp functions
- Authors: Chen, Yi , Gao, David
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Global Optimization Vol. 64, no. 3 (2016), p. 417-431
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- Description: This paper presents a canonical dual approach for solving a nonconvex global optimization problem governed by a sum of 4th-order polynomial and a log-sum-exp function. Such a problem arises extensively in engineering and sciences. Based on the canonical duality–triality theory, this nonconvex problem is transformed to an equivalent dual problem, which can be solved easily under certain conditions. We proved that both global minimizer and the biggest local extrema of the primal problem can be obtained analytically from the canonical dual solutions. As two special cases, a quartic polynomial minimization and a minimax problem are discussed. Existence conditions are derived, which can be used to classify easy and relative hard instances. Applications are illustrated by several nonconvex and nonsmooth examples. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Global solutions to fractional programming problem with ratio of nonconvex functions
- Authors: Ruan, Ning , Gao, David
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Applied Mathematics and Computation Vol. 255, no. (2015), p. 66-72
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- Description: This paper presents a canonical dual approach for minimizing a sum of quadratic function and a ratio of nonconvex functions in Rn. By introducing a parameter, the problem is first equivalently reformed as a nonconvex polynomial minimization with elliptic constraint. It is proved that under certain conditions, the canonical dual is a concave maximization problem in R2 that exhibits no duality gap. Therefore, the global optimal solution of the primal problem can be obtained by solving the canonical dual problem. © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Complete solutions and triality theory to a nonconvex optimization problem with double-well potential in Rn
- Authors: Morales-Silva, Daniel , Gao, David
- Date: 2013
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- Relation: Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization Vol. 3, no. 2 (2013), p. 271-282
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- Description: The main purpose of this research note is to show that the triality theory can always be used to identify both global minimizer and the biggest local maximizer in global optimization. An open problem left on the double- min duality is solved for a nonconvex optimization problem with double-well potential in ℝn, which leads to a complete set of analytical solutions. Also a convergency theorem is proved for linear perturbation canonical dual method, which can be used for solving global optimization problems with multiple so- lutions. The methods and results presented in this note pave the way towards the proof of the triality theory in general cases.