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MP
2011
12 years 7 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
13 years 5 months 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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13 years 9 months ago
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