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How to re-parametrize for quadratic minimization?

Given a real-rectangular matrix $S$ and inorder to solve this simple quadratic programming problem: Minimize $w'S'Sw = \|S w\|^2$ over $w$ subject to $e^Tw = 1$ and $w \geq 0$ using a solver I ...
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Complexity of minimizing $ L_2$ norm subject to linear inequalities

What is the computational complexity of solving a quadratic program of the following form? min $||x - c||_2^2$ subject to $Ax \ge b$ [$x,c$ are $n\times 1$, $A$ is $ m \times n$, $b$ is $m ...
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Optimization problem given a known solution space

Here is my problem. I have to find four points in 3D (x1,y1,z1; x2,y2,z2; x3,y3,z3; x4,y4,z4) that satisfy some given quadratic constraints. In addition, I have a solution space in the form of a set ...
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Nearest point to a convex polytope

I am looking for fast, memory-efficient computational algorithms to solve the following problem: Minimize: $||x - x*||_2^2$, subject to constraints $A x = a, B x <= b, l <= x <= u$, where ...
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Is this a quadratic programming problem?

I have $N$ unknown 2D points ${\bf x} = (x,y)$ and I want to minimize: $f({\bf x}) = \sum_{i=0}^{N-1}{(||x_{i+1} - x_i||_2 - c_i)^2}$ where c are $N-1$ known scalars. What is the simplest form that ...
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Convex optimization and linear programming please help! :)

How would I write the following as a standard form LP? Minimizing $\sum_{i=1}^n x_i + c\max(a_i-x_i)$ for $a_i \ge 0$ and what is the optimal value for when $c=n$ How to express minimize $\frac{1}{2} ...
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Optimization problem with ratio objective

I need to solve the following optimization problem $$ \text{maximize} \quad \frac{(a^T x)^2}{x^TBx+c^T|x|} \quad \text{subject to} \quad ||x||_1=1 \quad (\text{or alternatively} \quad c^T|x|=1), $$ ...
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A standard quadratic minimization problem

Consider the "Complex" Quadratic minimization problem \begin{align} \min_{\mathbb{x}\in \mathbb{C}^{N \times 1}}~\mathbf{{x}}^H\mathbf{Q}\mathbf{x}-2~\Re{(\mathbf{x}^H\mathbf{b})}+1 \end{align} ...
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Minimize a complex quadratic subject to two convex quadratic constraints

I have the following the optimization problem \begin{align} \min_{\mathbb{x}\in \mathbb{C}^{N \times 1}}~&||\mathbb{x}^H\mathbb{u}||_2^2-2*Real\{ \mathbb{x^Hu}\} \\\ ...
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How to use lagrange multipliers here?

I have a simple QP as below: $\min L(x,y) = (x-5.1)^2+y^2$ such that $(x-3)^2+y^2\geq1$ $(x-5.3)^2+y^2\geq1$ $(x-7)^2+y^2\geq1$ Intuitively, I think the optimal solution of the problem is ...
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Solving non concave quadratic function in matlab with constraints

How can I solve non concave quadratic problem in matlab with constraints. I tried using quadprog but it doesn't work
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Convex optimization problem to quadratic programming problem

Briefly, have the following problem: \begin{equation} \sum_{i = 0}^n a_i \ (max [ F_i( \bar x ), 0 ] )^2 \rightarrow min, \\\\ s.t.\\\\ A \bar x \leq b \end{equation} where $ F( \bar x ) $ is a ...
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Quadratic programming with simplex constraints

I have this quadratic function $x'Ax$ which is not convex. I want to maximize this function subject to the constraints that the solution x lies in a simplex such that $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_i=1$. That means ...
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Issues with quadratic programming

I am trying to do a quadratic programming. I have an affinity matrix A, and I have to maximize certain function x'Ax. This is basically related to feature matching i.e matching points to labels This ...
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Analog of Simplex Method for Quadratic Programming

It happened so I need to work with an algorithm for solving QP problems. The main issue here is that I can't find any references to this algorithms (at least no references in sources in english). ...
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Feasibility of a given set of Quadratic Forms

This arises as a part of my work. Given a positive number $t$, two hermitian matrices $P_1$ and $P_2$, I am interested in knowing if a unit norm vector $z$ exists such that \begin{align} ...
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Find my mistake: Solving quadratic programm by “brute force” triangularization

Do you know the feeling when you have proven something totally incredible? In fact, it is so incredible you do not believe it yourself. So you start looking for your mistake, for the one, small ...
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Optimize quadratic problem under collinearity boundary condition

Summary Given the optimization problem $$ \min_{d\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times 2}} \text{trace}\big( d^T Q d+Cd\big) $$ for some $n\times n$-matrix $Q$ and another matrix $C\in\mathbb{R}^{2\times n}$, I'd ...
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How to convert quadratic programming problem to matrix form

I am new to this topic and am looking at an example I can't figure out. Can someone please help explain how this example creates the matrices used in the solver? Thanks! This is the PROBLEM ...
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Linear least squares with non-negativity constraint

I am interested in the linear least squares problem: $$\min_x \|Ax-b\|^2$$ Without constraint, the problem can be directly solved. With an additional linear equality constraint, the problem can be ...
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Solving equation of the form $Axb^Tx = y$

I have a square, invertible $n\times n$ matrix $A$, and column vectors $b$ and $y$. I'd like to find a column vector $x$ such that $Axb^Tx=y$. I suspect there's some way to get it into a QP form, but ...
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Example of a quadratic programming problem with no optimal solution on vertices?

Is there a way to write a quadratic programming problem with two variables bounded, nonempty feasible region linear constraints and yet have none of the vertices of the region optimize the ...
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Finding the closest vector subject to an absolute constraint

I'm trying to solve the following problem: $$\min_b \|d-b\| \\ \text{s.t. } |Ab|^2 \leq y $$ or equivalently $$\min_b \|d-b\| \\ \text{s.t. } |Ab| \leq c = \sqrt{y} $$ Both $d$ and $b$ are vectors. I ...
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Quadratic equation to calculate a temperature from resistance

I'm trying to implement an electronic temperature sensor that gives a resistance value. The sensor is a Honeywell TD4. In the datasheet, they give a table of values : -40ºC => 1584Ω ±12Ω -30ºC => ...
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Software to optimize a quadratic program with quadratic constraints

I'm working in eight dimensions and want to minimize $x^TAx$ under the constraints $x^TBx \geq c$. Unfortunately, A is not positive semidefinite. Worse, I am almost positive that my domain is not ...
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A. Kaufman “Methods and Models of Operations Research”

There're 3 volumes (at least) of "Methods and Models of Operations Research" written by A. Kaufmann. So far I've found only first, called "Methods and Models of Operations Research", published in ...
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Solution to a system of quadratics

I am learning about a Bell State, and am trying to show that they are entangled. I believe that the required proof is to show that the system $$\alpha_0^2+\alpha_1^2=1$$ $$\beta_0^2+\beta_1^2=1$$ ...
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Algorithm and solver for large, dense, positive-semidefinite integer QP

I am interested in the solutions of a very large quadratic programming (QP) problem \begin{align} \min_{x \in \mathbb{R}^n} & x^T Q x\\ \mathrm{subject\ to} & A x = b\\ & x \in \{0,1\}^n ...
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How to solve this quadratically constrained quadratic programming problem?

Could you please shed some lights on this? (Not a homework problem) I am looking for solutions to solve the following problem: $$\text{max } || X b || \text{ s.t. } || b - b_0 || < a, || b || = ...
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what is the computational complexity of solving a quadratic program with linear inequality constraints

I'm aware of several solution methods and have several solvers at my disposal, but I can't for the life of me find analysis on the complexity. In particular, I'm interested in the complexity of ...
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Are quadprog and portopt equivalent in Matlab?

What exactly is the difference between quadprog and portopt in Matlab? For example if I use quadprog (minimizing the variance) in a loop in which I continuously iterate through the expected returns of ...
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Matlab Trust-region-reflective algorithm warning

I am very new to matlab and trying to solve portfolio optimization problem (minimizing the variance) using quadprog: ...
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Using Matlab quadprog to solve markowitz model

I have the markowitz model shown below and I need to use the quadprog function to solve it (i.e get the values for w_i values). However I am a bit new to mat lab and not sure which definition of ...
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Markowitz portfolio optimization

Say that there are 5 assets with given mean values, standard deviations and correlations. Is it possible to find the expected return of a risk-seeking portfolio (maximum expected return) by using ...
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solution to $\min \|A-BXC \|$

I have the following problem. Let $A$, $B$ $C$ be real-valued matrices of size $m \times q$, $m \times n$, $p\times q$ respectively. I would like to find matrix $X$ of size $n\times p$ and maximum ...
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Find a best 4-tuple which fulfils a variable boolean formula

I am looking for an algorithm... I have a kind of boolean formulae which contain $\wedge$, $\vee$, $+$ as arithmetic operator, relational operators ($<, >, \ldots)$, 4 integer constants $c_0, ...