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The multiplier-penalty approach is one of the classical methods for the solution of constrained optimization problems. This method was generalized to the solution of quasi-variational inequalities by Pang and Fukushima (Comput Manag Sci 2:21–56, 2005). Based on the recent improvements achieved for the multiplier-penalty approach for optimization, we generalize the method by Pang and Fukushima for quasi-variational inequalities in several respects: (a) We allow to compute inexact KKT-points of the resulting subproblems; (b) We improve the existing convergence theory; (c) We investigate some special classes of quasi-variational inequalities where the resulting subproblems turn out to be easy to solve. Some numerical results indicate that the corresponding method works quite reliable in practice.
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Kanzow, C. On the multiplier-penalty-approach for quasi-variational inequalities. Math. Program. 160, 33–63 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10107-015-0973-3
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Keywords
- Quasi-variational inequalities
- Global convergence
- Multiplier-penalty method
- Augmented Lagrangian
- Extended Mangasarian–Fromovitz constraint qualification
- Constant positive linear dependence constraint qualification
- Monotone mappings