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An algorithm based on semidefinite programming for finding minimax optimal designs

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  • Duarte, Belmiro P.M.
  • Sagnol, Guillaume
  • Wong, Weng Kee

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An algorithm based on a delayed constraint generation method for solving semi-infinite programs for constructing minimax optimal designs for nonlinear models is proposed. The outer optimization level of the minimax optimization problem is solved using a semidefinite programming based approach that requires the design space be discretized. A nonlinear programming solver is then used to solve the inner program to determine the combination of the parameters that yields the worst-case value of the design criterion. The proposed algorithm is applied to find minimax optimal designs for the logistic model, the flexible 4-parameter Hill homoscedastic model and the general nth order consecutive reaction model, and shows that it (i) produces designs that compare well with minimax D−optimal designs obtained from semi-infinite programming method in the literature; (ii) can be applied to semidefinite representable optimality criteria, that include the common A−,E−,G−,I− and D-optimality criteria; (iii) can tackle design problems with arbitrary linear constraints on the weights; and (iv) is fast and relatively easy to use.

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  • Duarte, Belmiro P.M. & Sagnol, Guillaume & Wong, Weng Kee, 2018. "An algorithm based on semidefinite programming for finding minimax optimal designs," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 99-117.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:csdana:v:119:y:2018:i:c:p:99-117
    DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2017.09.008
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