Solving sparse polynomial optimization problems with chordal structure using the sparse bounded-degree sum-of-squares hierarchy

Journal Article (2020)
Author(s)

Ahmadreza Marandi (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Etienne de Klerk (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Tilburg University)

Joachim Dahl (MOSEK ApS)

Research Group
Discrete Mathematics and Optimization
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2017.12.015 Final published version
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Publication Year
2020
Language
English
Research Group
Discrete Mathematics and Optimization
Journal title
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Volume number
275
Pages (from-to)
95-110
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Abstract

The sparse bounded degree sum-of-squares (sparse-BSOS) hierarchy of Weisser et al. (2017) constructs a sequence of lower bounds for a sparse polynomial optimization problem. Under some assumptions, it is proved by the authors that the sequence converges to the optimal value. In this paper, we modify the hierarchy to deal with problems containing equality constraints directly, without eliminating or replacing them by two inequalities. We also evaluate the sparse-BSOS hierarchy on a well-known bilinear programming problem, called the pooling problem, as well as a discrete-time optimal control problem.