Definition 1.4.2.1.
Let p ≥ 1 and let m_j > 0 be weights. Given locations c_j ∈ ℝ^n for j = 1, ..., p and a
radius \bar r > 0, define the continuous location problem by the optimal value
f* = min_x { f(x) := ∑_{j=1}^p m_j ‖x - c_j‖_1 : ‖x‖_1 ≤ \bar r } (4.15).
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The prox-diameter term D1 for d1(x) = (1/2)‖x‖^2 on the ball ‖x‖ ≤ rbar.
Proposition 1.4.2.1.
In the setting of Definition 1.4.2.1, take ‖·‖_1 to be the Euclidean norm on ℝ^n and
d1(x) = (1/2) ‖x‖_1^2 on Q1 = {x : ‖x‖_1 ≤ rbar}. Then σ1 = 1 and
D1 = max_{x ∈ Q1} d1(x) = (1/2) rbar^2. Let E2 = (E1*)^p and
Q2 = {u = (u_1, ..., u_p) : ‖u_j‖_{1,*} ≤ 1}. Choose
‖u‖_2 = (∑_{j=1}^p m_j ‖u_j‖_{1,*}^2)^{1/2} and d2(u) = (1/2) ‖u‖_2^2. Then σ2 = 1 and,
with P = ∑ m_j, D2 = max_{u ∈ Q2} d2(u) = (1/2) P and ‖A‖_{1,2} = P^{1/2}. Since
fhat ≡ 0 in (4.1), the estimate (4.3) yields the rate
f(xhat) - f* ≤ 2 P rbar / (N+1) (4.16), and for tilde f = (1/P) f we have
tilde f(xhat) - tilde f* ≤ 2 rbar / (N+1).
Proposition 1.4.2.2.
In the setting of Proposition 1.4.2.1, the smoothed function f_μ admits the explicit
representation f_μ(x) = ∑_{j=1}^p m_j ψ_μ(‖x - c_j‖_1), where ψ_μ : [0,∞) → ℝ is given by
ψ_μ(τ) = max_{γ ∈ [0,1]} {γ τ - (1/2) μ γ^2} and equals the piecewise formula in (4.17):
ψ_μ(τ) = τ^2/(2 μ) for 0 ≤ τ ≤ μ, and ψ_μ(τ) = τ - μ/2 for μ ≤ τ.