Theory of globally convergent probability-one homotopies for nonlinear programming

SIAM Journal on Optimization

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 761-780

  Watson, Layne T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained optimization; Globally convergent; Homotopy algorithm; Nonlinear equations; Probability one homotopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035238731     PISSN: 10526234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S105262349936121X     Document Type: Article

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