Subgradient-based feedback neural networks for non-differentiable convex optimization problems

This paper developed the dynamic feedback neural network model to solve the convex nonlinear programming problem proposed by Leung et al. and introduced subgradient-based dynamic feedback neural networks to solve non-differentiable convex optimization problems. For unconstrained non-differentiable convex optimization problem, on the assumption that the objective function is convex coercive, we proved that with ar- bitrarily given initial value, the trajectory of the feedback neural network constructed by a projection subgradient converges to an asymptotically stable equilibrium point which is also an optimal solution of the primal unconstrained problem. For constrained non-differentiable convex optimization problem, on the assumption that the objective function is convex coercive and the constraint functions are convex also, the energy func- tions sequence and corresponding dynamic feedback subneural network models based on a projection subgradient are successively constructed respectively, the convergence theorem is then obtained and the stopping condition is given. Furthermore, the effective algorithms are designed and some simulation experiments are illustrated.