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Ghost Penalties in Nonconvex Constrained Optimization: Diminishing Stepsizes and Iteration Complexity

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arxiv 1709.03384 v3 pith:VND2C7CJ submitted 2017-09-11 math.OC

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We consider nonconvex constrained optimization problems and propose a new approach to the convergence analysis based on penalty functions. We make use of classical penalty functions in an unconventional way, in that penalty functions only enter in the theoretical analysis of convergence while the algorithm itself is penalty-free. Based on this idea, we are able to establish several new results, including the first general analysis for diminishing stepsize methods in nonconvex, constrained optimization, showing convergence to generalized stationary points, and a complexity study for SQP-type algorithms.

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