Article ID: | iaor20111368 |
Volume: | 30 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 253 |
End Page Number: | 270 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
Journal: | Journal of Global Optimization |
Authors: | Qi Liqun, Teo Kok-Lay, Chen Xin, Qi Houduo |
Keywords: | global optimization |
In this paper, we consider smooth convex approximations to the maximum eigenvalue function. To make it applicable to a wide class of applications, the study is conducted on the composite function of the maximum eigenvalue function and a linear operator mapping ℝm to 𝒮