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Continuous Approximations to Subdifferentials

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Introduction

Definitions

  Continuous Approximations

Methods

  Computation of the Continuous Approximations

  Computation of Subgradients

  Discrete Gradients

  Continuous Approximations to the Quasidifferential

Conclusions

References

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  1. Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimization, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia

    Adil Bagirov

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544-5263, USA

    Christodoulos A. Floudas

  2. Center for Applied Optimization, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-6595, USA

    Panos M. Pardalos

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Bagirov, A. (2008). Continuous Approximations to Subdifferentials . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_87

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