Resolving degeneracy in quadratic programming

Abstract

A technique for the resolution of degeneracy in an Active Set Method for Quadratic Programming is described. The approach generalises Fletcher's method [2] which applies to the LP case. The method is described in terms of an LCP tableau, which is seen to provide useful insights. It is shown that the degeneracy procedure only needs to operate when the degenerate constraints are linearly dependent on those in the active set. No significant overheads are incurred by the degeneracy procedure. It is readily implemented in a null space format, and no complications in the matrix algebra are introduced.