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).
Instances For
On Fin n → ℝ with the Pi (sup) norm, constant functions have the same norm as their value,
provided the index type is nonempty.
The constant 1 function on Fin n has norm 1 when n > 0.
The prox-diameter term D1 for d1(x) = (1/2)‖x‖^2 on the ball ‖x‖ ≤ rbar.
The prox-diameter term D2 for d2(u) = (1/2)‖u‖_2^2 with ‖u‖_2^2 = ∑ m_j ‖u_j‖^2
over the set ‖u_j‖ ≤ 1.
Algebraic simplification used in the final step of Proposition 1.4.2.1.
Convert an f-bound into the corresponding bound for the rescaled objective ftilde.
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).
Under nonnegative weights, the prox-term d2(u) = (1/2) * (sqrt (∑ m_j ‖u_j‖^2))^2 simplifies
to the weighted sum d2(u) = (1/2) * ∑ m_j ‖u_j‖^2.
For the Pi (sup) norm on Fin n → ℝ, each coordinate is bounded by the total norm.
The signVec has ‖signVec y‖ ≤ 1 in the Pi (sup) norm.
signVec attains the dual pairing with the ‖·‖∞ unit ball: ∑ sign(y_i) * y_i = ∑ |y_i|.
For the Pi (sup) norm on Fin n → ℝ, the dot product is bounded by ‖u‖ * ∑ |y_i|.
Piecewise evaluation of ψμ(τ) = max_{γ∈[0,1]} (γ τ - (μ/2) γ^2) for μ > 0 and τ ≥ 0.
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.