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MP
2011
13 years 2 months ago
An interior-point piecewise linear penalty method for nonlinear programming
We present an interior-point penalty method for nonlinear programming (NLP), where the merit function consists of a piecewise linear penalty function (PLPF) and an 2-penalty functi...
Lifeng Chen, Donald Goldfarb
WSC
2001
14 years 26 days ago
Global random optimization by simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation
We examine the theoretical and numerical global convergence properties of a certain "gradient free" stochastic approximation algorithm called the "simultaneous pertu...
John L. Maryak, Daniel C. Chin
ICRA
2003
IEEE
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Closed loop navigation for multiple non -holonomic vehicles
In this paper we incorporate dipolar potential fields used for nonholonomic navigation into a novel potential function designed for multi – robot navigation. The derived naviga...
Savvas G. Loizou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos