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Semismooth Newton-type method for bilevel optimization: Global convergence and extensive numerical experiments

Semismooth Newton-type method for bilevel optimization: Global convergence and extensive numerical experiments
Semismooth Newton-type method for bilevel optimization: Global convergence and extensive numerical experiments
We consider the standard optimistic bilevel optimization problem, in particular upper- and lower-level constraints can be coupled. By means of the lower-level value function, the problem is transformed into a single-level optimization problem with a penalization of the value function constraint.
For treating the latter problem, we develop a framework that does not rely on the direct computation of the lower-level value function or its derivatives. For each penalty parameter, the framework leads to a semismooth system of equations. This allows us to extend the semismooth Newton method to bilevel optimization. Besides global convergence properties of the method, we focus on achieving local superlinear convergence to a solution of the semismooth system. To this end, we formulate an appropriate CD-regularity assumption and derive sufficient conditions so that it is fulfilled. Moreover, we develop conditions to guarantee that a solution of the semismooth system is a local solution of the bilevel optimization problem. Extensive numerical experiments on 124 examples of nonlinear bilevel optimization problems from the literature show that this approach exhibits a remarkable performance, where only a few penalty parameters need to be considered.
90C26, 90C30, 90C46, 90C53, Bilevel optimization, Newton method, lower-level value function
1055-6788
1-35
Fischer, Andreas
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Zemkoho, Alain
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Zhou, Shenglong
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Fischer, Andreas
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Zemkoho, Alain
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Zhou, Shenglong
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Fischer, Andreas, Zemkoho, Alain and Zhou, Shenglong (2019) Semismooth Newton-type method for bilevel optimization: Global convergence and extensive numerical experiments. Optimization Methods and Software, 1-35. (doi:10.1080/10556788.2021.1977810).

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We consider the standard optimistic bilevel optimization problem, in particular upper- and lower-level constraints can be coupled. By means of the lower-level value function, the problem is transformed into a single-level optimization problem with a penalization of the value function constraint.
For treating the latter problem, we develop a framework that does not rely on the direct computation of the lower-level value function or its derivatives. For each penalty parameter, the framework leads to a semismooth system of equations. This allows us to extend the semismooth Newton method to bilevel optimization. Besides global convergence properties of the method, we focus on achieving local superlinear convergence to a solution of the semismooth system. To this end, we formulate an appropriate CD-regularity assumption and derive sufficient conditions so that it is fulfilled. Moreover, we develop conditions to guarantee that a solution of the semismooth system is a local solution of the bilevel optimization problem. Extensive numerical experiments on 124 examples of nonlinear bilevel optimization problems from the literature show that this approach exhibits a remarkable performance, where only a few penalty parameters need to be considered.

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Accepted/In Press date: 15 December 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 December 2019
Published date: 15 December 2019
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords: 90C26, 90C30, 90C46, 90C53, Bilevel optimization, Newton method, lower-level value function

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Local EPrints ID: 436769
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/436769
ISSN: 1055-6788
PURE UUID: d5530648-1eed-4402-9051-172bd7dcef80
ORCID for Alain Zemkoho: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1265-4178
ORCID for Shenglong Zhou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2843-1614

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Date deposited: 06 Jan 2020 17:31
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:37

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Author: Andreas Fischer
Author: Alain Zemkoho ORCID iD
Author: Shenglong Zhou ORCID iD

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