Abstract

We consider some diagonal quasi-Newton methods for solving large-scale unconstrained optimization problems. A simple and effective approach for diagonal quasi-Newton algorithms is presented by proposing new updates of diagonal entries of the Hessian. Moreover, we suggest employing an extra BFGS update of the diagonal updating matrix and use its diagonal again. Numerical experiments on a collection of standard test problems show, in particular, that the proposed diagonal quasi-Newton methods perform substantially better than certain available diagonal methods.

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Publication details

DOI
10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp126-140
Journal
Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 26(2), 126-140
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University
Open access
Gold open access
License
CC BY-ND 4.0

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APA 7

Al-Siyabi, A. (2022). Improved Diagonal Hessian Approximations for Large-Scale Unconstrained Optimization. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 26(2), 126-140. https://doi.org/10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp126-140

MLA 9

Al-Siyabi, Ahmed. "Improved Diagonal Hessian Approximations for Large-Scale Unconstrained Optimization." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 26, no. 2, 2022, pp. 126-140. https://doi.org/10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp126-140.

Chicago (author–date)

Al-Siyabi, Ahmed. 2022. "Improved Diagonal Hessian Approximations for Large-Scale Unconstrained Optimization." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science 26 (2): 126-140. https://doi.org/10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp126-140.

Harvard

Al-Siyabi, A. (2022) 'Improved Diagonal Hessian Approximations for Large-Scale Unconstrained Optimization', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 26(2), pp. 126-140. doi:10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp126-140.

Vancouver

Al-Siyabi A. Improved Diagonal Hessian Approximations for Large-Scale Unconstrained Optimization. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science. 2022;26(2):126-140. doi:10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp126-140

IEEE

A. Al-Siyabi, "Improved Diagonal Hessian Approximations for Large-Scale Unconstrained Optimization," Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 126-140, 2022, doi: 10.53539/squjs.vol26iss2pp126-140.