File: //usr/share/doc/python-cvxopt/examples/doc/chap4/acent.py
# The analytic centering example at the end of chapter 4 (The LAPACK
# interface).
from cvxopt import matrix, log, mul, div, blas, lapack, base
from math import sqrt
def acent(A,b):
"""
Computes analytic center of A*x <= b with A m by n of rank n.
We assume that b > 0 and the feasible set is bounded.
"""
MAXITERS = 100
ALPHA = 0.01
BETA = 0.5
TOL = 1e-8
ntdecrs = []
m, n = A.size
x = matrix(0.0, (n,1))
H = matrix(0.0, (n,n))
for iter in range(MAXITERS):
# Gradient is g = A^T * (1./(b-A*x)).
d = (b-A*x)**-1
g = A.T * d
# Hessian is H = A^T * diag(1./(b-A*x))^2 * A.
Asc = mul( d[:,n*[0]], A)
blas.syrk(Asc, H, trans='T')
# Newton step is v = H^-1 * g.
v = -g
lapack.posv(H, v)
# Directional derivative and Newton decrement.
lam = blas.dot(g, v)
ntdecrs += [ sqrt(-lam) ]
print("%2d. Newton decr. = %3.3e" %(iter,ntdecrs[-1]))
if ntdecrs[-1] < TOL: return x, ntdecrs
# Backtracking line search.
y = mul(A*v, d)
step = 1.0
while 1-step*max(y) < 0: step *= BETA
while True:
if -sum(log(1-step*y)) < ALPHA*step*lam: break
step *= BETA
x += step*v
# Generate an analytic centering problem
#
# -b1 <= Ar*x <= b2
#
# with random mxn Ar and random b1, b2.
m, n = 500, 500
Ar = base.normal(m,n);
A = matrix([Ar, -Ar])
b = base.uniform(2*m,1)
x, ntdecrs = acent(A, b)
try:
import pylab
except ImportError:
pass
else:
pylab.semilogy(range(len(ntdecrs)), ntdecrs, 'o',
range(len(ntdecrs)), ntdecrs, '-')
pylab.xlabel('Iteration number')
pylab.ylabel('Newton decrement')
pylab.show()