***********************************************************************
*                                                                     *
*  PSEC - VARIABLE METRIC AND DISCRETE NEWTON METHODS WITH ITERATIVE  *
*         CG-BASED LINE-SEARCH SUBALGORITHMS FOR LARGE-SCALE          *
*         PARTIALLY SEPARABLE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS                   *
*                                                                     *
***********************************************************************


1. Introduction:
----------------

      The double-precision FORTRAN 77 basic subroutine PSEC is designed
to find a close approximation to a local minimum of a partially separable
function

      F(X) =  FA_1(X) + FA_2(X) + ... + FA_NA(X)


with simple bounds on variables. Here X is a vector of NF variables and
FA_I(X), 1 <= I <= NA, are twice continuously differentiable functions.
We assume that NF and NA are large, but partial functions FA_I(X),
1 <= I <= NA depend on a small number of variables. This implies that
the mapping AF(X) = [FA_1(X), FA_2(X), ..., FA_NA(X)] has a sparse
Jacobian matrix, which will be denoted by AG(X) (it has NA rows and NF
columns). Simple bounds are assumed in the form

               X(I) unbounded if  IX(I) = 0,
      XL(I) <= X(I)           if  IX(I) = 1,
               X(I) <= XU(I)  if  IX(I) = 2,
      XL(I) <= X(I) <= XU(I)  if  IX(I) = 3,
      XL(I)  = X(I)  = XU(I)  if  IX(I) = 5,

where 1 <= I <= NF. The sparsity pattern of the Jacobian matrix is
stored in the coordinate form if ISPAS=1 or in the standard compressed
row format if ISPAS=2 using arrays IAG and JAG. For example, if the
Jacobian matrix has the following pattern

                AG = | * * 0 * |
                     | * * * 0 |
                     | * 0 0 * |
                     | 0 * * 0 |
                     | * 0 * 0 |

(asterisks denote nonzero elements) then arrays IAG and JAG contain
elements

IAG(1)=1, IAG(2)=1, IAG(3)=1, IAG(4)=2,  IAG(5)=2,  IAG(6)=2,
IAG(7)=3, IAG(8)=3, IAG(9)=4, IAG(10)=4, IAG(11)=5, IAG(12)=5,
JAG(1)=1, JAG(2)=2, JAG(3)=4, JAG(4)=1,  JAG(5)=2,  JAG(6)=3,
JAG(7)=1, JAG(8)=4, JAG(9)=2, JAG(10)=3, JAG(11)=1, JAG(12)=3

if ISPAS=1 or

IAG(1)=1, IAG(2)=4, IAG(3)=7, IAG(4)=9,  IAG(5)=11, IAG(6)=13,
JAG(1)=1, JAG(2)=2, JAG(3)=4, JAG(4)=1,  JAG(5)=2,  JAG(6)=3,
JAG(7)=1, JAG(8)=4, JAG(9)=2, JAG(10)=3, JAG(11)=1, JAG(12)=3

if ISPAS=2. In the first case, nonzero elements can be sorted in an
arbitrary order (not only by rows as in the above example). Arrays
IAG and JAG have to be declared with lengths NA+MA and MA at least,
respectively, where MA is the number of nonzero elements. In the
second case, nonzero elements can be sorted only by rows. Components
of IAG contain total numbers of nonzero elements in all previous
rows increased by 1 and elements of JAG contain corresponding column
indices (note that IAG has NA+1 elements and the last element is
equal to MA+1). Arrays IAG and JAG have to be declared with length
NA+1 and MA at least, respectively.
      To simplify user's work, two additional easy to use subroutines
are added. They call the basic general subroutine PSEC:

      PSECU - unconstrained large-scale optimization,
      PSECS - large-scale optimization with simple bounds.

All subroutines contain a description of formal parameters and
extensive comments. Furthermore, two test programs TSECU and TSECS are
included, which contain several test problems (see e.g. [2]). These
test programs serve as examples for using the subroutines, verify their
correctness and demonstrate their efficiency.
      In this short guide, we describe all subroutines which can be
called from the user's program. A detailed description of the method is
given in [1]. In the description of formal parameters, we introduce a
type of the argument that specifies whether the argument must have a
value defined on entry to the subroutine (I), whether it is a value
which will be returned (O), or both (U), or whether it is an auxiliary
value (A). Note that the arguments of the type I can be changed on
output under some circumstances, especially if improper input values
were given. Besides formal parameters, we can use a COMMON /STAT/ block
containing statistical information. This block, used in each subroutine
has the following form:

      COMMON /STAT/ NRES,NDEC,NIN,NIT,NFV,NFG,NFH

The arguments have the following meaning:

 Argument  Type Significance
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  NRES      O   Positive INTEGER variable that indicates the number of
                restarts.
  NDEC      O   Positive INTEGER variable that indicates the number of
                matrix decompositions.
  NIN       O   Positive INTEGER variable that indicates the number of
                inner iterations (for solving linear systems).
  NIT       O   Positive INTEGER variable that indicates the number of
                iterations.
  NFV       O   Positive INTEGER variable that indicates the number of
                function evaluations.
  NFG       O   Positive INTEGER variable that specifies the number of
                gradient evaluations.
  NFH       O   Positive INTEGER variable that specifies the number of
                Hessian evaluations.


2. Subroutines PSECU, PSECS:
----------------------------

The calling sequences are

      CALL PSECU(NF,NA,MA,X,AF,IAG,JAG,IPAR,RPAR,F,GMAX,ISPAS,IPRNT,ITERM)
      CALL PSECS(NF,NA,MA,X,IX,XL,XU,AF,IAG,JAG,IPAR,RPAR,F,GMAX,ISPAS,
     & IPRNT,ITERM)

The arguments have the following meaning.

 Argument  Type Significance
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  NF        I   Positive INTEGER variable that specifies the number of
                variables of the partially separable function.
  NA        I   Positive INTEGER variable that specifies the number of
                partial functions.
  MA        I   Number of nonzero elements in the Jacobian matrix. This
                parameter is used as input only if ISPAS=1 (it defines
                dimensions of arrays IAG and JAG in this case).
  X(NF)     U   On input, DOUBLE PRECISION vector with the initial
                estimate to the solution. On output, the approximation
                to the minimum.
  IX(NF)    I   On input (significant only if NB>0) INTEGER vector
                containing the simple bounds types:
                   IX(I)=0 - the variable X(I) is unbounded,
                   IX(I)=1 - the lower bound X(I) >= XL(I),
                   IX(I)=2 - the upper bound X(I) <= XU(I),
                   IX(I)=3 - the two side bound XL(I) <= X(I) <= XU(I),
                   IX(I)=5 - the variable X(I) is fixed (given by its
                             initial estimate).
  XL(NF)    I   DOUBLE PRECISION vector with lower bounds for variables
                (significant only if NB>0).
  XU(NF)    I   DOUBLE PRECISION vector with upper bounds for variables
                (significant only if NB>0).
  AF(NA)    O   DOUBLE PRECISION vector which contains values of partial
                functions.
  IAG(NA+1) I   INTEGER array which contains pointers of the first
                elements in rows of the Jacobian matrix.
  JAG(MA)   I   INTEGER array which contains column indices of the
                nonzero elements.
  IPAR(7)   I   INTEGER parameters:
                  IPAR(1)=MIT,  IPAR(2)=MFV,  IPAR(3)=MFG,
                  IPAR(4)=IEST, IPAR(5)=MET,  IPAR(6)=MOS2,
                  IPAR(7)=IFIL.
                Parameters MIT, MFV, MFG, IEST, MET are described in
                Section 3 together with other parameters of the
                subroutine PSEC. Parameter IFIL specifies a relative
                size of the space reserved for fill-in. The choice
                IFIL=0 causes that the default value IFIL=1 will be
                taken.
  RPAR(9)   I   DOUBLE PRECISION parameters:
                  RPAR(1)=XMAX,  RPAR(2)=TOLX,  RPAR(3)=TOLF,
                  RPAR(4)=TOLB,  RPAR(5)=TOLG,  RPAR(6)=FMIN,
                  RPAR(7)-NONE,  RPAR(8)-NONE,  RPAR(9)-NONE.
                Parameters XMAX, TOLX, TOLF, TOLB, TOLG, FMIN are
                described in Section 3 together with other parameters
                of the subroutine PSEC.
  F         O   DOUBLE PRECISION value of the objective function at the
                solution X.
  GMAX      O   DOUBLE PRECISION maximum absolute value of a partial
                derivative of the Lagrangian function.
  ISPAS     I   INTEGER variable that specifies sparse structure of the
                Jacobian matrix:
                  ISPAS= 1 - the coordinate form is used,
                  ISPAS= 2 - the standard row compresed format is used.
  IPRNT     I   INTEGER variable that specifies print:
                  IPRNT= 0 - print is suppressed,
                  IPRNT= 1 - basic print of final results,
                  IPRNT=-1 - extended print of final results,
                  IPRNT= 2 - basic print of intermediate and final
                             results,
                  IPRNT=-2 - extended print of intermediate and final
                             results.
  ITERM     O   INTEGER variable that indicates the cause of termination:
                  ITERM= 1 - if |X - XO| was less than or equal to TOLX
                             in two subsequent iterations,
                  ITERM= 2 - if |F - FO| was less than or equal to TOLF
                             in two subsequent iterations,
                  ITERM= 3 - if F is less than or equal to TOLB,
                  ITERM= 4 - if GMAX is less than or equal to TOLG,
                  ITERM= 6 - if termination criterion was not satisfied,
                             but the solution is probably acceptable,
                  ITERM=11 - if NIT exceeded MIT,
                  ITERM=12 - if NFV exceeded MFV,
                  ITERM=13 - if NFG exceeded MFG,
                  ITERM< 0 - if the method failed. Values ITERM<=-40
                             detect a lack of space. In this case,
                             parameter IPAR(7)=IFIL has to be increased
                             (IFIL=2, IFIL=3, etc.).

      The subroutines PSECU, PSECS require the user supplied subroutines
FUN and DFUN that define partial functions and their gradients and have
the form

      SUBROUTINE  FUN(NF,KA,X,FA)
      SUBROUTINE DFUN(NF,KA,X,GA)

The arguments of the user supplied subroutines have the following
meaning.

 Argument  Type Significance
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  NF        I   Positive INTEGER variable that specifies the number of
                variables of the objective function.
  KA        I   INTEGER index of the partial function.
  X(NF)     I   DOUBLE PRECISION an estimate to the solution.
  FA        O   DOUBLE PRECISION value of the KA-th partial function at
                the point X.
  GA(NF)    O   DOUBLE PRECISION gradient of the KA-th partial function
                at the point X. Note that only nonzero elements of this
                gradient have to be assigned.

3. Subroutine PSEC:
-------------------

      This general subroutine is called from all subroutines described
in Section 2. The calling sequence is

      CALL PSEC(NF,NA,NB,MMAX,X,IX,XL,XU,AF,GA,G,HA,AH,H,IH,JH,AG,IAG,
     & JAG,S,XO,GO,XS,AGO,IW,XMAX,TOLX,TOLF,TOLB,TOLG,FMIN,GMAX,F,MIT,
     & MFV,MFG,IEST,MET,MOS2,IPRNT,ITERM)

The arguments NF, NA, X, IX, XL, XU, AF, IAG, JAG, GMAX, F, IPRNT, ITERM
have the same meaning as in Section 2. Other arguments have the following
meaning:

 Argument  Type Significance
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  NB         I   Nonnegative INTEGER variable that specifies whether the
                 simple bounds are suppressed (NB=0) or accepted (NB>0).
  MMAX       I   INTEGER size of array H.
  GA(NF)     A   DOUBLE PRECISION gradient of the partial function.
  G(NF)      A   DOUBLE PRECISION gradient of the objective function.
  HA(ML)     A   DOUBLE PRECISION Hessian matrix of the partial function.
  AH(MH)     A   DOUBLE PRECISION approximation of the partitioned
                 Hessian matrix.
  H(MMAX)    A   DOUBLE PRECISION nonzero elements of the approximation
                 of the Hessian matrix and nonzero elements of the
                 Choleski factor.
  IH(NF+1)   I   INTEGER array which contains pointers of the diagonal
                 elements in the upper part of the Hessian matrix.
  JH(MMAX)   I   INTEGER array which contains column indices of the
                 nonzero elements and additional working space for the
                 Choleski factor.
  AG(MA)     A   DOUBLE PRECISION nonzero elements of the Jacobian
                 matrix.
  S(NF)      A   DOUBLE PRECISION direction vector.
  XO(NF)     A   DOUBLE PRECISION array which contains increments of
                 variables.
  GO(NF)     A   DOUBLE PRECISION array which contains increments of
                 gradients.
  XS(NF)     A   DOUBLE PRECISION auxiliary array.
  AGO(MA)    A   DOUBLE PRECISION difference between the current and the
                 old Jacobian matrices. This array is not used if MET=3.
  IW(NF+1)   A   INTEGER auxiliary array.
  XMAX       I   DOUBLE PRECISION maximum stepsize; the choice XMAX=0
                 causes that the default value 1.0D+16 will be taken.
  TOLX       I   DOUBLE PRECISION tolerance for the change of the
                 coordinate vector X; the choice TOLX=0 causes that the
                 default value TOLX=1.0D-16 will be taken.
  TOLF       I   DOUBLE PRECISION tolerance for the change of function
                 values; the choice TOLF=0 causes that the default
                 value TOLF=1.0D-14 will be taken.
  TOLB       I   DOUBLE PRECISION minimum acceptable function value;
                 the choice TOLB=0 causes that the default value
                 TOLB=FMIN+1.0D-16 will be taken.
  TOLG       I   DOUBLE PRECISION tolerance for the Lagrangian function
                 gradient; the choice TOLG=0 causes that the default
                 value TOLG=1.0D-6 will be taken.
  FMIN       I   DOUBLE PRECISION lower bound for the minimum function
                 value.
  MIT        I   INTEGER variable that specifies the maximum number of
                 iterations; the choice MIT=0 causes that the default
                 value 9000 will be taken.
  MFV        I   INTEGER variable that specifies the maximum number of
                 function evaluations; the choice MFV=0 causes that
                 the default value 9000 will be taken.
  MFG        I   INTEGER variable that specifies the maximum number of
                 gradient evaluations; the choice MFG=0 causes that
                 the default value 9000 will be taken.
  IEST       I   INTEGER estimation of the minimum functiom value for
                 the line search:
                   IEST=0 - estimation is not used,
                   IEST=1 - lower bound FMIN is used as an estimation
                            for the minimum function value.
  MET        I   INTEGER variable that specifies the variable metric
                 update:
                   MET=1 - safeguarded BFGS method,
                   MET=2 - combination of the BFGS and the symmetric
                           rank-one method,
                   MET=3 - discrete Newton method.
                 The choice MET=0 causes that the default value 2 will
                 be taken.
  MOS2       I   INTEGER variable defining a type of preconditioning.
                   MOS2=1 - Preconditioning is not used.
                   MOS2=2 - Preconditioning by the incomplete Gill-Murray
                            decomposition.
                   MOS2=3 - Preconditioning by the incomplete Gill-Murray
                            decomposition with a preliminary solution of
                            the preconditioned system which is used if
                            it satisfies the termination criterion.
                 The choice MOS2=0 causes that the default value 2 will
                 be taken.

The choice of parameter XMAX can be sensitive in many cases. First, the
objective function can be evaluated only in a relatively small region
(if it contains exponentials) so that the maximum stepsize is necessary.
Secondly, the problem can be very ill-conditioned far from the solution
point so that large steps can be unsuitable. Finally, if the problem has
more local solutions, a suitably chosen maximum stepsize can lead to
obtaining a better local solution.
      The subroutine PSEC requires the user supplied subroutines FUN
and DFUN which are described in Section 2.

4. Verification of the subroutines:
-----------------------------------

      Subroutine PSECU can be verified and tested using the program
TSECU. This program calls the subroutines TIUB14 (initiation), TAFU14
(function evaluation) and TAGU14 (gradient evaluation) containing
22 unconstrained test problems with at most 1000 variables [2]. The
results obtained by the program TSECU on a PC computer with Microsoft
Power Station Fortran compiler have the following form.

NIT= 1469  NFV= 1640  NFG= 4580  F= 0.190717059E-15  G= 0.188E-07  ITERM=  4
NIT=  137  NFV=  406  NFG=  958  F= 0.733479616E-22  G= 0.408E-10  ITERM=  3
NIT=   16  NFV=   17  NFG=   85  F= 0.302968461E-09  G= 0.400E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   13  NFV=   14  NFG=   70  F=  269.499543      G= 0.697E-08  ITERM=  4
NIT=   13  NFV=   14  NFG=   42  F= 0.705564252E-12  G= 0.599E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   13  NFV=   14  NFG=   98  F= 0.136525612E-11  G= 0.901E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   12  NFV=   17  NFG=   43  F=  336.937181      G= 0.260E-09  ITERM=  4
NIT=    5  NFV=    8  NFG=   38  F=  761774.954      G= 0.127E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=    5  NFV=    9  NFG=   39  F=  316.436141      G= 0.996E-12  ITERM=  4
NIT=   60  NFV=  106  NFG=  411  F= -124.690000      G= 0.102E-08  ITERM=  4
NIT=   30  NFV=   38  NFG=  193  F=  10.7765879      G= 0.419E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   24  NFV=   25  NFG=   75  F=  982.273617      G= 0.161E-09  ITERM=  4
NIT=    3  NFV=    4  NFG=   12  F= 0.660547868E-23  G= 0.363E-11  ITERM=  3
NIT=    2  NFV=    4  NFG=   10  F= 0.787241903E-12  G= 0.492E-09  ITERM=  4
NIT=    4  NFV=    6  NFG=   16  F=  1.92401599      G= 0.864E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=    9  NFV=   19  NFG=   39  F= -427.404476      G= 0.114E-12  ITERM=  4
NIT=    3  NFV=    4  NFG=   12  F=-0.379921091E-01  G= 0.158E-07  ITERM=  4
NIT=    2  NFV=    4  NFG=   10  F=-0.245741193E-01  G= 0.482E-09  ITERM=  4
NIT=    2  NFV=    5  NFG=   11  F=  59.5986241      G= 0.316E-07  ITERM=  4
NIT=   15  NFV=   33  NFG=   65  F= -1.00013520      G= 0.408E-09  ITERM=  4
NIT=    7  NFV=    8  NFG=   24  F=  2.13866377      G= 0.909E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   44  NFV=  107  NFG=  197  F=  1.00000000      G= 0.435E-07  ITERM=  4
NITER = 1888    NFVAL = 2502    NITCG = 9154    NSUCC =   22
TIME= 0:00:02.95

The rows corresponding to individual test problems contain the number of
iterations NIT, the number of function evaluations NFV, the number of
gradient evaluations NFG, the final value of the objective function F,
the norm of gradient G and the cause of termination ITERM.
      Subroutine PSECS can be verified and tested using the program
TSECS. This program calls the subroutines TIUB14 (initiation), TAFU14
(function evaluation), TAGU14 (gradient evaluation) containing 22 box
constrained test problems with at most 1000 variables [2]. The results
obtained by the program TSEDS on a PC computer with Microsoft Power
Station Fortran compiler have the following form.

NIT= 2598  NFV= 3347  NFG= 3347  F=  0.00000000      G= 0.000E+00  ITERM=  3
NIT=  352  NFV=  361  NFG=  361  F=  35.1211309      G= 0.853E-05  ITERM=  2
NIT=   39  NFV=   43  NFG=   43  F= 0.441691822E-12  G= 0.425E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   21  NFV=   22  NFG=   22  F=  269.522686      G= 0.105E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   16  NFV=   17  NFG=   17  F= 0.783032535E-11  G= 0.279E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   32  NFV=   33  NFG=   33  F= 0.959526458E-11  G= 0.801E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   19  NFV=   21  NFG=   21  F=  337.722479      G= 0.162E-05  ITERM=  2
NIT=   46  NFV=   49  NFG=   49  F=  761925.725      G= 0.792E-04  ITERM=  2
NIT= 1001  NFV= 1003  NFG= 1003  F=  428.056916      G= 0.348E-08  ITERM=  4
NIT=  203  NFV=  233  NFG=  233  F= -86.7188428      G= 0.288E-04  ITERM=  2
NIT=   21  NFV=   38  NFG=   38  F=  72291.4951      G= 0.135E-10  ITERM=  4
NIT=  223  NFV=  230  NFG=  230  F=  4994.21410      G= 0.303E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=    1  NFV=    2  NFG=    2  F=  0.00000000      G= 0.000E+00  ITERM=  3
NIT=   25  NFV=   28  NFG=   28  F= 0.104289348E-08  G= 0.927E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   17  NFV=   27  NFG=   27  F=  1.92401599      G= 0.553E-07  ITERM=  4
NIT=   21  NFV=   22  NFG=   22  F= -427.391653      G= 0.759E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   15  NFV=   17  NFG=   17  F=-0.379921091E-01  G= 0.299E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=    8  NFV=   12  NFG=   12  F=-0.245741193E-01  G= 0.358E-11  ITERM=  4
NIT=   20  NFV=   25  NFG=   25  F=  1654.94525      G= 0.351E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   33  NFV=   46  NFG=   46  F= -1.00013520      G= 0.959E-10  ITERM=  4
NIT=   27  NFV=   31  NFG=   31  F=  2.41354873      G= 0.202E-06  ITERM=  4
NIT=   51  NFV=  185  NFG=  185  F=  1.00000000      G= 0.834E-06  ITERM=  4
NITER = 4789    NFVAL = 5792    NITCG =15187    NSUCC =   22
TIME= 0:00:06.32

References:
-----------

[1] Luksan L., Matonoha C., Vlcek J.: LSA: Algorithms for large-scale
    unconstrained and box constrained optimization Technical Report V-896.
    Prague, ICS AS CR, 2004.

[2] Luksan L., Vlcek J.: Sparse and partially separable test problems
    for unconstrained and equality constrained optimization. Research
    Report V-767, Institute of Computer Science, Academy of Sciences
    of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, 1998.

