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Dear all,<br>
<br>
as the abbreviation of ipopt is short for interior point optimizer, I
was quite suprised that it was possible to terminate at a KKT-point
located in a part of the feasible set with no interior, e.g. at the end
of a line, as the following figure shows. Let <br>
o be the KKT-Point <br>
<big>~</big> the feasible starting point and <br>
x the feasible set.<br>
<br>
xxxxxxxxxxxx<br>
x xxxxxxx~xx<br>
x xxxxxxxxx<br>
x xxxxxxxx<br>
x xxxxxxx<br>
x xxxx<br>
o <br>
<br>
or to pass through a local "tight" part of the set<br>
<br>
x xxx<br>
xxx xxxxxx<br>
xxxxx xxxxxxxx<br>
~xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>
xxxxx xxxxxxx<br>
xxx xxxx<br>
x o<br>
<br>
So I was wondering, if ipopt uses some type of regularization of the
feasible set or what a possible explanation could be.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Sabine S.<br>
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