Research Article

The Flattened Aggregate Constraint Homotopy Method for Nonlinear Programming Problems with Many Nonlinear Constraints

Table 4

Test results for Example 18.

Method IT Time

ACH 5.3347 −4.4409e − 16 1605 0.7546
KNITRO 1.2000e + 05 −3.9900e + 02 2 0.0141
FACH 5.3347 1.3323e − 15 815 288 0.2977
MFACH 5.3347 1.3323e − 15 820 293 0.3004

ACH 5.3347 −4.4409e − 16 1605 7.0581
KNITRO 1.2000e + 05 −3.9900e + 02 2 0.3163
FACH 5.3347 1.3323e − 15 815 288 1.3127
MFACH 5.3347 1.3323e − 15 820 294 1.3185

ACH 5.3347 1.3323e − 15 1606 575.4663
KNITRO 1.2000e + 05 −3.9900e + 02 2 3243.2201
FACH 5.3347 −9.2480e − 08 960 6444 42.7664
MFACH 5.3347 −1.1278e − 07 931 7094 41.7933