Scaled three-term conjugate gradient method via Davidon-Fletcher-Powell update for unconstrained optimization

This thesis focus on the development of Scaled Three-Term Conjugate Gradient Method via the Davidon-Fletcher-Powell (DFF) quasi-Newton update for unconstrained optimization. The DFP method possess the merits of Newton’s method and steepest descent method while overcoming their disadvantages. O...

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Main Author: Ibrahim, Arzuka
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Published: 2015
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spelling my-upm-ir.676462019-03-18T07:18:26Z Scaled three-term conjugate gradient method via Davidon-Fletcher-Powell update for unconstrained optimization 2015-05 Ibrahim, Arzuka This thesis focus on the development of Scaled Three-Term Conjugate Gradient Method via the Davidon-Fletcher-Powell (DFF) quasi-Newton update for unconstrained optimization. The DFP method possess the merits of Newton’s method and steepest descent method while overcoming their disadvantages. Over the years the DFP update has been neglected as a result of lacking the self correcting property for bad Hessian approximation. In this thesis, we proposed a Scaled Three-Term Conjugate Gradient Method by utilizing the DFP update for the inverse Hessian approximation via memoryless quasi Newton’s method which satisfies both the sufficient descent and the conjugacy conditions. The basic philosophy is to restart the DFP update with a multiple of identity matrix in every iteration. An acceleration scheme is incorporated in the proposed method to enhance reduction in function value. Numerical results from an implementation of the proposed method on some standard unconstrained optimization problem shows that the proposed method is promising and exhibits superior numerical performance in comparison with other well-known conjugate gradient methods. Conjugate gradient methods Numerical analysis 2015-05 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67646/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67646/1/IPM%202015%2018%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Conjugate gradient methods Numerical analysis
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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topic Conjugate gradient methods
Numerical analysis

spellingShingle Conjugate gradient methods
Numerical analysis

Ibrahim, Arzuka
Scaled three-term conjugate gradient method via Davidon-Fletcher-Powell update for unconstrained optimization
description This thesis focus on the development of Scaled Three-Term Conjugate Gradient Method via the Davidon-Fletcher-Powell (DFF) quasi-Newton update for unconstrained optimization. The DFP method possess the merits of Newton’s method and steepest descent method while overcoming their disadvantages. Over the years the DFP update has been neglected as a result of lacking the self correcting property for bad Hessian approximation. In this thesis, we proposed a Scaled Three-Term Conjugate Gradient Method by utilizing the DFP update for the inverse Hessian approximation via memoryless quasi Newton’s method which satisfies both the sufficient descent and the conjugacy conditions. The basic philosophy is to restart the DFP update with a multiple of identity matrix in every iteration. An acceleration scheme is incorporated in the proposed method to enhance reduction in function value. Numerical results from an implementation of the proposed method on some standard unconstrained optimization problem shows that the proposed method is promising and exhibits superior numerical performance in comparison with other well-known conjugate gradient methods.
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qualification_level Master's degree
author Ibrahim, Arzuka
author_facet Ibrahim, Arzuka
author_sort Ibrahim, Arzuka
title Scaled three-term conjugate gradient method via Davidon-Fletcher-Powell update for unconstrained optimization
title_short Scaled three-term conjugate gradient method via Davidon-Fletcher-Powell update for unconstrained optimization
title_full Scaled three-term conjugate gradient method via Davidon-Fletcher-Powell update for unconstrained optimization
title_fullStr Scaled three-term conjugate gradient method via Davidon-Fletcher-Powell update for unconstrained optimization
title_full_unstemmed Scaled three-term conjugate gradient method via Davidon-Fletcher-Powell update for unconstrained optimization
title_sort scaled three-term conjugate gradient method via davidon-fletcher-powell update for unconstrained optimization
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67646/1/IPM%202015%2018%20IR.pdf
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