# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

October  2013, 9(4): 789-798. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2013.9.789

## A smoothing-type algorithm for absolute value equations

 1 Department of Public Basic, Wuhan Yangtze Business University, Wuhan 430065, China 2 Department of Mathematics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

Received  February 2012 Revised  July 2013 Published  August 2013

The system of absolute value equations $Ax+B|x|=b$, denoted by AVEs, is proved to be NP-hard, where $A, B$ are arbitrary given $n\times n$ real matrices and $b$ is arbitrary given $n$-dimensional vector. In this paper, we reformulate AVEs as a family of parameterized smooth equations and propose a smoothing-type algorithm to solve AVEs. Under the assumption that the minimal singular value of the matrix $A$ is strictly greater than the maximal singular value of the matrix $B$, we prove that the algorithm is well-defined. In particular, we show that the algorithm is globally convergent and the convergence rate is quadratic without any additional assumption. The preliminary numerical results are reported, which show the effectiveness of the algorithm.
Citation: Xiaoqin Jiang, Ying Zhang. A smoothing-type algorithm for absolute value equations. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2013, 9 (4) : 789-798. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2013.9.789
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