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We present a globally convergent SQP-type method with the least constraint violation for nonlinear semidefinite programming. The proposed algorithm employs a two-phase strategy coupled with a line search technique. In the first phase, a…

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Feasible path algorithms have been widely used for process optimisation due to its good convergence. The sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm is usually used to drive the feasible path algorithms towards optimality. However,…

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In this paper, a class of general nonlinear programming problems with inequality and equality constraints is discussed. Firstly, the original problem is transformed into an associated simpler equivalent problem with only inequality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-07-24 Chuan-Hao Guo , Yan-Qin Bai , Jin-Bao Jian

This paper presents the Safe Sequential Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programming (SS-QCQP) algorithm, a first-order method for smooth inequality-constrained nonconvex optimization that guarantees feasibility at every iteration. The…

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A step-search sequential quadratic programming method is proposed for solving nonlinear equality constrained stochastic optimization problems. It is assumed that constraint function values and derivatives are available, but only stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Albert S. Berahas , Miaolan Xie , Baoyu Zhou

We study nonlinear constrained optimization problems in which only function evaluations of the objective and constraints are available. Existing zeroth-order methods rely on noisy gradient and Jacobian surrogates in high dimensions, making…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Runyu Zhang , Gioele Zardini

This paper presents a stabilized sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method for solving optimization problems in Banach spaces. The optimization problem considered in this study has a general form that enables us to represent various…

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We prove that a "first-order" Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) algorithm for equality constrained optimization has local linear convergence with rate $(1-1/\kappa_R)^k$, where $\kappa_R$ is the condition number of the Riemannian…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-01 Yu Bai , Song Mei

Quadratically constrained quadratic programming (QCQP) has long been recognized as a computationally challenging problem, particularly in large-scale or high-dimensional settings where solving it directly becomes intractable. The complexity…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-09 Shuai Li , Shenglong Zhou , Ziyan Luo

We consider a degenerate nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization problem for which the standard constraint qualification such as the generalized Mangasarian Fromovitz constraint qualification (GMFCQ) may not hold. We use smoothing functions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-05 Mengwei Xu , Jane Ye , Liwei Zhang

A sequential quadratic optimization algorithm is proposed for solving smooth nonlinear equality constrained optimization problems in which the objective function is defined by an expectation of a stochastic function. The algorithmic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-17 Albert S. Berahas , Frank E. Curtis , Michael J. O'Neill , Daniel P. Robinson

In this paper, we present a stabilized sequential quadratic semidefinite programming (SQSDP) method for nonlinear semidefinite programming (NSDP) problems and prove its local convergence. The stabilized SQSDP method is originally developed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Yuya Yamakawa

This paper develops a generalization of the line-search sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm with $\ell_1$-merit function that uses objective and constraint function approximations with tunable accuracy to solve smooth…

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In this paper, we propose a trust-region interior-point stochastic sequential quadratic programming (TR-IP-SSQP) method for solving optimization problems with a stochastic objective and deterministic nonlinear equality and inequality…

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We propose an SQP algorithm for mathematical programs with vanishing constraints which solves at each iteration a quadratic program with linear vanishing constraints. The algorithm is based on the newly developed concept of $\mathcal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-28 Matúš Benko , Helmut Gfrerer

We study online statistical inference for the solutions of stochastic optimization problems with equality and inequality constraints. Such problems are prevalent in statistics and machine learning, encompassing constrained $M$-estimation,…

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Projected Gradient Descent denotes a class of iterative methods for solving optimization programs. Its applicability to convex optimization programs has gained significant popularity for its intuitive implementation that involves only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-24 Giampaolo Torrisi , Sergio Grammatico , Roy S. Smith , Manfred Morari

Mathematical programs with complementarity constraints are notoriously difficult to solve due to their nonconvexity and lack of constraint qualifications in every feasible point. This work focuses on the subclass of quadratic programs with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-01 Jonas Hall , Armin Nurkanovic , Florian Messerer , Moritz Diehl

We propose a quantum-assisted framework for solving constrained finite-horizon nonlinear optimal control problems using a barrier Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) approach. Within this framework, a quantum subroutine is incorporated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Nahid Binandeh Dehaghani , Rafal Wisniewski , A. Pedro Aguiar

In 2020, Yamakawa and Okuno proposed a stabilized sequential quadratic semidefinite programming (SQSDP) method for solving, in particular, degenerate nonlinear semidefinite optimization problems. The algorithm is shown to converge globally…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-04 Kosuke Okabe , Yuya Yamakawa , Ellen H. Fukuda