The Maximax Minimax Quotient Theorem
Optimization and Control
2021-11-19 v2
Abstract
We present an optimization problem emerging from optimal control theory and situated at the intersection of fractional programming and linear max-min programming on polytopes. A na\"ive solution would require solving four nested, possibly nonlinear, optimization problems. Instead, relying on numerous geometric arguments we determine an analytical solution to this problem. In the course of proving our main theorem we also establish another optimization result stating that the minimum of a specific minimax optimization is located at a vertex of the constraint set.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2104.15025,
title = {The Maximax Minimax Quotient Theorem},
author = {Jean-Baptiste Bouvier and Melkior Ornik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.15025},
year = {2021}
}