Interior-Point Polynomial Algorithms in Convex Programming (Siam Studies in Applied Mathematics, Vol 13)

The book contains new and important results in the general theory of convex programming, e.g., their "conic" problem formulation in which duality theory is completely symmetric. For each algorithm described, the authors carefully derive precise bounds on the computational effort required to solve a given family of problems to a given precision. In several cases they obtain better problem complexity estimates than were previously known. Several of the new algorithms described in this book, e.g., the projective method, have been implemented, tested on "real world" problems, and found to be extremely efficient in practice.

Special Features
o the developed theory of polynomial methods covers all approaches known so far
o presents detailed descriptions of algorithms for many important classes of nonlinear problems

Audience
Specialists working in the areas of optimization, mathematical programming, or control theory will find this book invaluable for studying interior-point methods for linear and quadratic programming, polynomial-time methods for nonlinear convex programming, and efficient computational methods for control problems and variational inequalities. A background in linear algebra and mathematical programming is necessary to understand the book. The detailed proofs and lack of "numerical examples" might suggest that the book is of limited value to the reader interested in the practical aspects of convex optimization, but nothing could be further from the truth. An entire chapter is devoted to potential reduction methods precisely because of their great efficiency in practice.

Contents
Chapter 1: Self-Concordant Functions and Newton Method; Chapter 2: Path-Following Interior-Point Methods; Chapter 3: Potential Reduction Interior-Point Methods; Chapter 4: How to Construct Self-Concordant Barriers; Chapter 5: Applications in Convex Optimization; Chapter 6: Variational Inequalities with Monotone Operators; Chapter 7: Acceleration for Linear and Linearly Constrained Quadratic Problems; Bibliography; Appendix 1; Appendix 2.

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