Calmness of the Argmin Mapping in Linear Semi‐Infinite Optimization

Calmness of the Argmin Mapping in Linear Semi‐Infinite Optimization

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Article ID: iaor2014203
Volume: 160
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 111
End Page Number: 126
Publication Date: Jan 2014
Journal: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: perturbation analysis, Programming (semi-infinite)
Abstract:

This paper characterizes the calmness property of the argmin mapping in the framework of linear semi‐infinite optimization problems under canonical perturbations; i.e., continuous perturbations of the right‐hand side of the constraints (inequalities) together with perturbations of the objective function coefficient vector. This characterization is new for semi‐infinite problems without requiring uniqueness of minimizers. For ordinary (finitely constrained) linear programs, the calmness of the argmin mapping always holds, since its graph is piecewise polyhedral (as a consequence of a classical result by Robinson). Moreover, the so‐called isolated calmness (corresponding to the case of unique optimal solution for the nominal problem) has been previously characterized. As a key tool in this paper, we appeal to a certain supremum function associated with our nominal problem, not involving problems in a neighborhood, which is related to (sub)level sets. The main result establishes that, under Slater constraint qualification, perturbations of the objective function are negligible when characterizing the calmness of the argmin mapping. This result also states that the calmness of the argmin mapping is equivalent to the calmness of the level set mapping.

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