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Linear programming and the newton barrier flow
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Linear programming and the newton barrier flow

Kurt M. Anstreicher
Mathematical programming, Vol.41(1-3), pp.367-373
09/01/1988
DOI: 10.1007/BF01580774

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Abstract

In this note we report a simple characteristic of linear programming central trajectories which has a surprising consequence. Specifically, we show that given a bounded polyhedral set P with nonempty interior, the logarithmic barrier function (with no objective component) induces a vector field of negative Newton directions which flows from the center of P, along central trajectories, to solutions of every possible linear program on P. © 1988 The Mathematical Programming Society, Inc.

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