Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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840727 | Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications | 2012 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
The proximal average of a finite collection of convex functions is a parameterized convex function that provides a continuous transformation between the convex functions in the collection. This paper analyzes the dependence of the optimal value and the minimizers of the proximal average on the weighting parameter. Concavity of the optimal value is established and implies further regularity properties of the optimal value. Boundedness, outer semicontinuity, single-valuedness, continuity, and Lipschitz continuity of the minimizer mapping are concluded under various assumptions. Sharp minimizers are given further attention. Several examples are given to illustrate our results.
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Authors
Rafal Goebel, Warren Hare, Xianfu Wang,