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Geometric programming

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A geometric program (GP) is an optimization problem of the form

where are posynomials and are monomials. In the context of geometric programming (unlike standard mathematics), a monomial is a function from to defined as

where and . A posynomial is any sum of monomials.[1][2]

Geometric programming is closely related to convex optimization: any GP can be made convex by means of a change of variables.[2] GPs have numerous applications, including component sizing in IC design,[3][4] aircraft design,[5] maximum likelihood estimation for logistic regression in statistics, and parameter tuning of positive linear systems in control theory.[6]

Convex form

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Geometric programs are not in general convex optimization problems, but they can be transformed to convex problems by a change of variables and a transformation of the objective and constraint functions. In particular, after performing the change of variables and taking the log of the objective and constraint functions, the functions , i.e., the posynomials, are transformed into log-sum-exp functions, which are convex, and the functions , i.e., the monomials, become affine. Hence, this transformation transforms every GP into an equivalent convex program.[2] In fact, this log-log transformation can be used to convert a larger class of problems, known as log-log convex programming (LLCP), into an equivalent convex form.[7]

Software

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Several software packages exist to assist with formulating and solving geometric programs.

  • MOSEK is a commercial solver capable of solving geometric programs as well as other non-linear optimization problems.
  • CVXOPT is an open-source solver for convex optimization problems.
  • GPkit is a Python package for cleanly defining and manipulating geometric programming models. There are a number of example GP models written with this package here.
  • GGPLAB is a MATLAB toolbox for specifying and solving geometric programs (GPs) and generalized geometric programs (GGPs).
  • CVXPY is a Python-embedded modeling language for specifying and solving convex optimization problems, including GPs, GGPs, and LLCPs. [7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Richard J. Duffin; Elmor L. Peterson; Clarence Zener (1967). Geometric Programming. John Wiley and Sons. p. 278. ISBN 0-471-22370-0.
  2. ^ a b c S. Boyd, S. J. Kim, L. Vandenberghe, and A. Hassibi. A Tutorial on Geometric Programming. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ M. Hershenson, S. Boyd, and T. Lee. Optimal Design of a CMOS Op-amp via Geometric Programming. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ^ S. Boyd, S. J. Kim, D. Patil, and M. Horowitz. Digital Circuit Optimization via Geometric Programming. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. ^ W. Hoburg and P. Abbeel. Geometric programming for aircraft design optimization. AIAA Journal 52.11 (2014): 2414-2426.
  6. ^ Ogura, Masaki; Kishida, Masako; Lam, James (2020). "Geometric Programming for Optimal Positive Linear Systems". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 65 (11): 4648–4663. arXiv:1904.12976. doi:10.1109/TAC.2019.2960697. ISSN 0018-9286. S2CID 140222942.
  7. ^ a b A. Agrawal, S. Diamond, and S. Boyd. Disciplined Geometric Programming. Retrieved 8 January 2019.