Abstract
Subgradient methods are popular tools for nonsmooth, convex minimization, especially in the context of Lagrangean relaxation; their simplicity has been a main contribution to their success. As a consequence of the nonsmoothness, it is not straightforward to monitor the progress of a subgradient method in terms of the approximate fulfilment of optimality conditions, since the subgradients used in the method will, in general, not accumulate to subgradients that verify optimality of a solution obtained in the limit. Further, certain supplementary information, such as convergent estimates of Lagrange multipliers, is not directly available in subgradient schemes.
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