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Positivity of quadratic form minus linear form on the simplex

Let $a_{ij}$ be the elements of a $n$-dimensional covariance matrix. Can we prove the following? $$ 1-\sum_{k=1}^n a_{ik} \lambda_k + \sum_{j=1}^n \sum_{k=1}^n \lambda_j a_{jk} \lambda_k > 0, \...
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Does the value function of a quadratic program stay convex when adding constraints?

I am interested in the value function of a quadratic program of the form $$ v(y)=\min_x \frac{1}{2} x^\top Q(y) x, $$ subject to a linear equality constraint $$ E(y)x=d(y), $$ and a linear inequality ...
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Sensitivity of the solution of QP with respect to parameters

Given a quadratic program, $$\begin{array}{ll} \text{minimize} & \displaystyle \frac12 x^TAx + b^Tx \\ \text{subject to} & Cx \le d \end{array}$$ Suppose $A \succ 0$, so the program strongly ...
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Can we get the exact solution of large-scale quadratic programming problems (quadratic objective, linear inequality constraints) using KKT condition?

Crossposted at Computational Science SE Consider a quadratic programming problem with the following format: $$ \text{min} Q(x) = c^Tx+\frac{1}{2}x^TDx \\ $$ $$ \text{s.t.} Ax\leq b, \\ x\geq 0 $$ ...
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Complexity of Quadratic Programming where the symmetric matrix Q is positive semidefinite only in the feasible directions

playing around with stuff for my dissertation, I derived a quadratic problem in the general form \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} \min_{x} \quad & x^TQx + c^Tx \\ \textrm{s.t.} \quad & Ax \leq ...
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Convexity of a positive definite objective with min(x,y)-nonlinearity

I have derived an optimization objective of the form $$ f(x) = \sum_{i,j} C_{ij}\min(x_i, x_j), s.t. g(x) \geq 0 $$ where $C \in \mathcal{R}^{N \times N}$ is a positive definite matrix, and $x \in \...
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KKT conditions for min-cost flow QP [closed]

I'm working on a convex quadratic separable min-cost flow problem with the following structure: $P = \{\min \frac{1}{2}x^tQx + qx : Ex = b, 0 \leq x \leq u\}$ But I'm stuck on deriving the KKT ...
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Finding a point on a convex set

Given a compact bounded convex set $\mathcal C\subseteq\mathbb R^n$ given by $t$ hyperplane inequalities I want to find a point $u\in\mathcal C$ such that for all $v\in\mathcal C$ a convex relation $...
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Efficient algorithm for solving a convex quadratic program [duplicate]

Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times m}$ and $b \in \mathbb{R}^n$. Suppose $m \ll n$. How to solve this quadratic program efficiently? $$\min_{x \in \mathbb{R}^n} \frac{1}{2} x^\top AA^\top x + b^\top x$$
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Norm of solution of quadratic program

In a quadratic program (QP), do linear equality constraints always reduce the norm of the minimizer? Specifically, let $P \succ 0$, $A \in \mathsf{M}_{m\times n}$ and $q\in\mathbb{R}^n$. Define $$x^* ...
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Least square solution to $AXB+CXD=E$

I am trying to find the least-squares solution $X$ of the following matrix equation $$AXB+CXD=E$$ Of course, I know that this equation can be written in the form $$(B^T \otimes A+D^T \otimes C) \...
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On convex quadratic programming clarification

We know convex quadratic programming is in $P$. Is it also in $P$ if the function of interest is only convex in the domain of interest?
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Optimization of quadratic form with band matrices

Let $A_1$ be the $N \times N$-matrix for which $a_{i,j} = 1$ for $i=j$ and 0 otherwise. Let $A_2$ be the matrix for which $a_{i,j}=1$ for $|i-j| \leq 1$ and 0 otherwise. Similarly define $A_3$ (which ...
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Quadratic Programming With Piecewise Linear Term

The problem I have can be defined as: $$ \min \frac{1}{2}\mathbf{x}^T\mathbf{Q}\mathbf{x} + \mathbf{c}^T\mathbf{x} $$ s.t. linear equality constraints: $$ \mathbf{Ax=b} $$ and linear inequality ...
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Which algorithm is most efficient for a specific QP problem

I have a QP problem of the following kind: $\min_{\alpha\in\mathbb{R}^n}\frac{1}{2}\alpha^T M \alpha - p^T\alpha$ s.t. $l\leq \alpha \leq u$ The matrix $M$ is symmetric and positive definite and of ...
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How to solve the following generalized quadratic programming problem [closed]

I want to solve a generalized form of a quadratic programming problem $$\min_x \left(\sqrt{x^TPx}+\sqrt{x^TQx}\right)^2+c^Tx$$, $$\textrm{ s.t. } Ax\le b.$$ Here, $P$ and $Q$ are both positive ...
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Two quadratic programming problems always same answer? [closed]

Was exploring quadratic programming optimization and for two types of problems the answers seemed to always equal. Problem 1: Minimize $\tfrac{1}{2} \mathbf{x}^T Q\mathbf{x}$ Subject to $ A \mathbf{...
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Block Covariance Matrix - Positive Definite? (Quadratic Optimization) [closed]

I have a covariance matrix C. I have then formulated an quadratic optimization problem that involves the following matrix in the quadratic form: [ C C ] [ C C ] However, the quadratic solver ...