Improved lagrange nonlinear programming neural networks for inequality constraints

By redefining multiplier associated with inequality constraint as a positive definite function of the originally-defined multiplier, u _i², i = 1,2, ⋯, m, say, the nonnegative constraints imposed on inequality constraints in Karush-Kuhn-Tucker necessary conditions are removed completely. Hence it is no longer necessary to convert inequality constraints into equality constraints by slack variables in order to reuse those results concerned only with equality constraints. Utilizing this technique, improved Lagrange non-linear programming neural networks are devised, which handle inequality constraints directly without adding slack variables. Then the local stability of the proposed Lagrange neural networks is analyzed rigourously with Liapunov's first approximation principle, and its convergence is discussed deeply with LaSalle's invariance principle. Finally, an illustrative example shows that the proposed neural networks can effectively solve the nonlinear programming problems.