Global solutions to fractional programming problem with ratio of nonconvex functions

N. Ruan, D. Y. Gao

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Abstract

This paper presents a canonical dual approach for minimizing a sum of quadratic function and a ratio of nonconvex functions in Rn. By introducing a parameter, the problem is first equivalently reformed as a nonconvex polynomial minimization with elliptic constraint. It is proved that under certain conditions, the canonical dual is a concave maximization problem in R2 that exhibits no duality gap. Therefore, the global optimal solution of the primal problem can be obtained by solving the canonical dual problem.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)66-72
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Mathematics and Computation
Volume255
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Canonical duality theory
  • Global optimization
  • Nonconvex fractional programming
  • Sum-of-ratios

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