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Multilocal Programming: A Derivative-Free Filter Multistart Algorithm

  • Florbela P. Fernandes
  • M. Fernanda P. Costa
  • Edite M. G. P. Fernandes
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 7971)

Abstract

Multilocal programming aims to locate all the local solutions of an optimization problem. A stochastic method based on a multistart strategy and a derivative-free filter local search for solving general constrained optimization problems is presented. The filter methodology is integrated into a coordinate search paradigm in order to generate a set of trial approximations that might be acceptable if they improve the constraint violation or the objective function value relative to the current one. Preliminary numerical experiments with a benchmark set of problems show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Keywords

Multilocal programming multistart derivative-free coordinate search filter method 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Florbela P. Fernandes
    • 1
    • 3
  • M. Fernanda P. Costa
    • 2
    • 3
  • Edite M. G. P. Fernandes
    • 4
  1. 1.ESTiGPolytechnic Institute of BragançaBragançaPortugal
  2. 2.Department of Mathematics and ApplicationsUniversity of MinhoGuimarãesPortugal
  3. 3.Centre of MathematicsUniversity of MinhoBragaPortugal
  4. 4.Algoritmi R&D CentreUniversity of MinhoBragaPortugal

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