eprintid: 1021 rev_number: 5 eprint_status: archive dir: disk0/00/00/10/21 datestamp: 2011-12-05 09:38:04 lastmod: 2011-12-05 09:38:04 status_changed: 2011-12-05 09:38:04 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Patrinos, Panagiotis creators_name: Sarimveis, Haralambos creators_id: panagiotis.patrinos@imtlucca.it creators_id: title: Convex parametric piecewise quadratic optimization: theory and algorithms ispublished: pub subjects: QA76 divisions: CSA full_text_status: none keywords: Parametric optimization; Algorithms and software; Control of constrained systems abstract: In this paper we study the problem of parametric minimization of convex piecewise quadratic functions. Our study provides a unifying framework for convex parametric quadratic and linear programs. Furthermore, it extends parametric optimization algorithms to problems with piecewise quadratic cost functions, paving the way for new applications of parametric optimization in explicit dynamic programming and optimal control with quadratic stage cost. date: 2011-08 date_type: published publication: Automatica volume: 47 number: 8 publisher: Elsevier pagerange: 1770-1777 id_number: 10.1016/j.automatica.2011.04.003 refereed: TRUE issn: 0005-1098 official_url: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005109811002238 citation: Patrinos, Panagiotis and Sarimveis, Haralambos Convex parametric piecewise quadratic optimization: theory and algorithms. Automatica, 47 (8). pp. 1770-1777. ISSN 0005-1098 (2011)