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In this paper, we propose a predictor—corrector-type algorithm for solving the linear complementarity problem (LCP), and prove that the actual number of iterations needed by the algorithm is bounded from above and from below by a curvature integral along the central trajectory of the problem. This curvature integral is not greater than, and possibly smaller than, the best upper bound obtained in the literature to date.
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This author's research was partially supported by Research Grant No. RP920068, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Zhao, G., Zhu, J. The curvature integral and the complexity of linear complementarity problems. Mathematical Programming 70, 107–122 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01585931
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01585931