On the Locally Polynomial Complexity of the Projection-Gradient Method for Solving Piecewise Quadratic Optimisation Problems

Entropy (Basel). 2021 Apr 15;23(4):465. doi: 10.3390/e23040465.

Abstract

This paper proposes a method for solving optimisation problems involving piecewise quadratic functions. The method provides a solution in a finite number of iterations, and the computational complexity of the proposed method is locally polynomial of the problem dimension, i.e., if the initial point belongs to the sufficiently small neighbourhood of the solution set. Proposed method could be applied for solving large systems of linear inequalities.

Keywords: gradient method; locally polynomial complexity; optimisation problem; piecewise quadratic function; system of linear inequalities.