simplex_method.cpp

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abs_normal simplex_method: Example and Test

Problem

Our original problem is

\[\R{minimize} \; | u - 1| \; \R{w.r.t} \; u \in \B{R}\]

We reformulate this as the following problem

\[\begin{split}\begin{array}{rlr} \R{minimize} & v & \R{w.r.t} \; (u,v) \in \B{R}^2 \\ \R{subject \; to} & u - 1 \leq v \\ & 1 - u \leq v \end{array}\end{split}\]

We know that the value of \(v\) at the solution is greater than or equal zero. Hence we can reformulate this problem as

\[\begin{split}\begin{array}{rlr} \R{minimize} & v & \R{w.r.t} \; ( u_- , u_+ , v) \in \B{R}_+^3 \\ \R{subject \; to} & u_+ - u_- - 1 \leq v \\ & 1 - u_+ + u_- \leq v \end{array}\end{split}\]

This is equivalent to

\[\begin{split}\begin{array}{rlr} \R{minimize} & (0, 0, 1) \cdot ( u_+, u_- , v)^T & \R{w.r.t} \; (u,v) \in \B{R}_+^3 \\ \R{subject \; to} & \left( \begin{array}{ccc} +1 & -1 & -1 \\ -1 & +1 & +1 \end{array} \right) \left( \begin{array}{c} u_+ \\ u_- \\ v \end{array} \right) + \left( \begin{array}{c} -1 \\ 1 \end{array} \right) \leq 0 \end{array}\end{split}\]

which is in the form expected by simplex_method .

Source

# include <limits>
# include <cppad/utility/vector.hpp>
# include "simplex_method.hpp"

bool simplex_method(void)
{  bool ok = true;
   typedef CppAD::vector<double> vector;
   double eps99 = 99.0 * std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon();
   //
   size_t n = 3;
   size_t m = 2;
   vector A(m * n), b(m), c(n), xout(n);
   A[ 0 * n + 0 ] =  1.0; // A(0,0)
   A[ 0 * n + 1 ] = -1.0; // A(0,1)
   A[ 0 * n + 2 ] = -1.0; // A(0,2)
   //
   A[ 1 * n + 0 ] = -1.0; // A(1,0)
   A[ 1 * n + 1 ] = +1.0; // A(1,1)
   A[ 1 * n + 2 ] = -1.0; // A(1,2)
   //
   b[0]           = -1.0;
   b[1]           =  1.0;
   //
   c[0]           =  0.0;
   c[1]           =  0.0;
   c[2]           =  1.0;
   //
   size_t maxitr  = 10;
   size_t level   = 0;
   //
   ok &= CppAD::simplex_method(level, A, b, c,  maxitr, xout);
   //
   // check optimal value for u
   ok &= std::fabs( xout[0] - 1.0 ) < eps99;
   //
   // check optimal value for v
   ok &= std::fabs( xout[1] ) < eps99;
   //
   return ok;
}