Preface Notation Chapter 1: Introduction. Linear Programming Primal-Dual Methods The Central Path A Primal-Dual Framework Path-Following Methods Potential-Reduction Methods Infeasible Starting Points Superlinear Convergence Extensions Mehrotra''s Predictor-Corrector Algorithm Linear Algebra Issues Karmarkar''s Algorithm Chapter 2: Background: Linear Programming and Interior-Point Methods Standard Form Optimality Conditions, Duality, and Solution Sets The B * N Partition and Strict Complementarity A Strictly Interior Point Rank of the Matrix A Bases and Vertices Farkas''s Lemma and a Proof of the Goldman-Tucker Result The Central Path Background: Primal Method Primal-Dual Methods: Development of the Fundamental Ideas Notes and References Chapter 3: Complexity Theory. Polynomial Versus Exponential, Worst Case vs Average Case Storing the Problem Data: Dimension and Size The Turing Machine and Rational Arithmetic Primal-Dual Methods and Rational Arithmetic Linear Programming and Rational Numbers Moving to a Solution from an Interior Point Complexity of Simplex, Ellipsoid, and Interior-Point Methods Polynomial and Strongly Polynomial Algorithms Beyond the Turing Machine Model More on the Real-Number Model and Algebraic Complexity A General Complexity Theorem for Path-Following Methods Notes and References Chapter 4: Potential-Reduction Methods. A Primal-Dual Potential-Reduction Algorithm Reducing Forces Convergence A Quadratic Estimate of \Phi _{\rho } along a Feasible Direction Bounding the Coefficients in The Quadratic Approximation An Estimate of the Reduction in \Phi _{\rho } and Polynomial Complexity What About Centrality? Choosing * and * Notes and References Chapter 5: Path-Following Algorithms. The Short-Step Path-Following Algorithm Technical Results The Predictor-Corrector Method A Long-Step Path-Following Algorithm Limit Points of the Iteration Sequence Proof of Lemma 5.3 Notes and References Chapter 6: Infeasible-Interior-Point Algorithms. The Algorithm Convergence of Algorithm IPF Technical Results I: Bounds on \nu _k \delimiter ""026B30D (x^k,s^k) \delimiter ""026B30D Technical Results II: Bounds on (D^k)^{-1} \Delta x^k and D^k \Delta s^k Technical Results III: A Uniform Lower Bound on *k Proofs of Theorems 6.1 and 6.

2 Limit Points of the Iteration Sequence Chapter 7: Superlinear Convergence and Finite Termination. Affine-Scaling Steps An Estimate of (*x, * s): The Feasible Case An Estimate of (* x, * s): The Infeasible Case Algorithm PC Is Superlinear Nearly Quadratic Methods Convergence of Algorithm LPF+ Convergence of the Iteration Sequence *(A,b,c) and Finite Termination A Finite Termination Strategy Recovering an Optimal Basis More on * (A,b,c) Notes and References Chapter 8: Extensions. The Monotone LCP Mixed and Horizontal LCP Strict Complementarity and LCP Convex QP Convex Programming Monotone Nonlinear Complementarity and Variational Inequalities Semidefinite Programming Proof of Theorem 8.4 Notes and References Chapter 9: Detecting Infeasibility. Self-Duality The Simplified HSD Form The HSDl Form Identifying a Solution-Free Region Implementations of the HSD Formulations Notes and References Chapter 10: Practical Aspects of Primal-Dual Algorithms. Motivation for Mehrotra''s Algorithm The Algorithm Superquadratic Convergence Second-Order Trajectory-Following Methods Higher-Order Methods Further Enhancements Notes and References Chapter 11: Implementations. Three Forms of the Step Equation The Cholesky Factorization Sparse Cholesky Factorization: Minimum-Degree Orderings Other Orderings Small Pivots in the Cholesky Factorization Dense Columns in A The Augmented System Formulation Factoring Symmetric Indefinite Matrices Starting Points Termination Alternative Formulations for the Linear Program Free Variables Presolving Primal-Dual Codes Notes and References Appendix A: Basic Concepts and Results.