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Hull-Volume with Applications to Convergence Analysis

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We introduce and study decompositions of finite sets as well as coverings of their convex hulls, and use these objects to develop various estimates of and formulas for the “hull-volume” of the sets (i.e., the volume of their convex hull). We apply our results to the convergence analysis of the “iterate-sets” associated with each iteration of a reduce-or-retreat optimization method (including pattern-search methods like Nelder–Mead as well as model-based methods).

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Levy, A.B. Hull-Volume with Applications to Convergence Analysis. J Optim Theory Appl 153, 633–649 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-011-9959-3

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