A Proximal DC Algorithm for Sample Average Approximation of Chance Constrained Programming

Fuente: arXiv
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Wang, Peng, Jiang, Rujun, Kong, Qingyuan, Balzano, Laura
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2023
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866918002535956480
author Wang, Peng
Jiang, Rujun
Kong, Qingyuan
Balzano, Laura
author_facet Wang, Peng
Jiang, Rujun
Kong, Qingyuan
Balzano, Laura
contents Chance constrained programming (CCP) refers to a type of optimization problem with uncertain constraints that are satisfied with at least a prescribed probability level. In this work, we study the sample average approximation (SAA) of chance constraints. This is an important approach to solving CCP, especially in the data-driven setting where only a sample of multiple realizations of the random vector in the chance constraints is available. The SAA is obtained by replacing the underlying distribution with an empirical distribution over the available sample. Assuming that the functions in chance constraints are all convex, we reformulate the SAA of chance constraints into a difference-of-convex (DC) form. Moreover, considering that the objective function is a difference-of-convex function, the resulting formulation becomes a DC constrained DC program. Then, we propose a proximal DC algorithm for solving this reformulation. In particular, we show that the subproblems of the proximal DC are suitable for off-the-shelf solvers in some scenarios. Moreover, we not only prove the subsequential and sequential convergence of the proposed algorithm but also derive the iteration complexity for finding an approximate Karush-Kuhn-Tucker point. To support and complement our theoretical development, we show via numerical experiments that our proposed approach is competitive with a host of existing approaches.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2301_00423
institution arXiv
publishDate 2023
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle A Proximal DC Algorithm for Sample Average Approximation of Chance Constrained Programming
Wang, Peng
Jiang, Rujun
Kong, Qingyuan
Balzano, Laura
Optimization and Control
Chance constrained programming (CCP) refers to a type of optimization problem with uncertain constraints that are satisfied with at least a prescribed probability level. In this work, we study the sample average approximation (SAA) of chance constraints. This is an important approach to solving CCP, especially in the data-driven setting where only a sample of multiple realizations of the random vector in the chance constraints is available. The SAA is obtained by replacing the underlying distribution with an empirical distribution over the available sample. Assuming that the functions in chance constraints are all convex, we reformulate the SAA of chance constraints into a difference-of-convex (DC) form. Moreover, considering that the objective function is a difference-of-convex function, the resulting formulation becomes a DC constrained DC program. Then, we propose a proximal DC algorithm for solving this reformulation. In particular, we show that the subproblems of the proximal DC are suitable for off-the-shelf solvers in some scenarios. Moreover, we not only prove the subsequential and sequential convergence of the proposed algorithm but also derive the iteration complexity for finding an approximate Karush-Kuhn-Tucker point. To support and complement our theoretical development, we show via numerical experiments that our proposed approach is competitive with a host of existing approaches.
title A Proximal DC Algorithm for Sample Average Approximation of Chance Constrained Programming
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00423