{"title":"Methods of Nonsmooth Analysis as Applied\u0000to the Problem of Minimizing the Sum of Moduli\u0000of Affine Functions","authors":"G. Sh. Tamasyan, G. S. Shulga","doi":"10.1134/S1990478924040203","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1990478924040203","url":null,"abstract":"<p> An application of constructive nonsmooth analysis methods to the problem of minimizing\u0000a convex piecewise affine function defined as the sum of absolute values of affine functions is\u0000demonstrated. Hypodifferential calculus was used in the general (multidimensional) case, while\u0000subdifferential calculus was employed in the scalar case. Analyzing the optimality criterion, one\u0000can reveal that the point delivering the global minimum can be found by solving the\u0000corresponding linear programming problem. In the scalar case, the solution can also be found in\u0000closed form as the weighted median of the nodes of a broken line.\u0000</p>","PeriodicalId":607,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied and Industrial Mathematics","volume":"18 4","pages":"875 - 885"},"PeriodicalIF":0.58,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145143275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}