Results of mater problems

This set contains examples from multiple-load free material optimization modeled by linear SDP as described in Ben-Tal-Kocvara-Nemirovski-Zowe. All examples solve the same problem (geometry, loads, boundary conditions) and differ only in the finite element discretization.

The linear matrix operator A = sum Ai xi has block diagonal structure with many small (11 x 11 - 20 x 20) blocks. Moreover, only few
(6 - 12) of these blocks are nonzero in any Ai. As a result, the Hessian of the augmented Lagrangian associated with
this problem is a large and sparse matrix.

Problem dimensions

problem n m optimal_value
mater-3 1439 3588 -1.339163e+02
mater-4 4807 12498 -1.342627e+02
mater-5 10143 26820 -1.338016e+02
mater-6 20463 56311 -1.335387e+02

Results
     
problem
SDPT3
CSDP
SeDuMi
PENNON

CPU s CPU s CPU s CPU s
mater-3 35 6 19 7 20 7 7 7
mater-4 295 5 409 7 97 7 32 7
mater-5 memory
3551 7 202 7 89 7
mater-6 memory
memory
533 7 277 7

Test performed on Pentium IV PC (2.5 GHz) with 2GB RDRAM running Linux-2.4.19.
"s" is the number of digits of accuracy, CPU in seconds.
"memory" means the code/problem did not fit in the available memory

Michal Kocvara
June 27, 2003