Figure 8.17: Fourth-order placement problem

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% Section 8.7.3, Boyd & Vandenberghe "Convex Optimization"
% Original by Lieven Vandenberghe
% Adapted for CVX by Joelle Skaf - 10/24/05
% (a figure is generated)
%
% Placement problem with 6 free points, 8 fixed points and 27 links.
% The coordinates of the free points minimize the sum of the squares of
% Euclidean lengths of the links, i.e.
%           minimize    sum_{i<j) h(||x_i - x_j||)
% where h(z) = z^4.

linewidth = 1;      % in points;  width of dotted lines
markersize = 5;    % in points;  marker size

fixed = [ 1   1  -1 -1    1   -1  -0.2  0.1; % coordinates of fixed points
          1  -1  -1  1 -0.5 -0.2    -1    1]';
M = size(fixed,1);  % number of fixed points
N = 6;              % number of free points

% first N columns of A correspond to free points,
% last M columns correspond to fixed points

A = [ 1  0  0 -1  0  0    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      1  0 -1  0  0  0    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      1  0  0  0 -1  0    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      1  0  0  0  0  0   -1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      1  0  0  0  0  0    0 -1  0  0  0  0  0  0
      1  0  0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0 -1  0  0  0
      1  0  0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0  0  0  0 -1
      0  1 -1  0  0  0    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      0  1  0 -1  0  0    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      0  1  0  0  0 -1    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      0  1  0  0  0  0    0 -1  0  0  0  0  0  0
      0  1  0  0  0  0    0  0 -1  0  0  0  0  0
      0  1  0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0  0  0 -1  0
      0  0  1 -1  0  0    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      0  0  1  0  0  0    0 -1  0  0  0  0  0  0
      0  0  1  0  0  0    0  0  0  0 -1  0  0  0
      0  0  0  1 -1  0    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      0  0  0  1  0  0    0  0 -1  0  0  0  0  0
      0  0  0  1  0  0    0  0  0 -1  0  0  0  0
      0  0  0  1  0  0    0  0  0  0  0 -1  0  0
      0  0  0  1  0 -1    0  0  0  0  0 -1  0  0        % error in data!!!
      0  0  0  0  1 -1    0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      0  0  0  0  1  0   -1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      0  0  0  0  1  0    0  0  0 -1  0  0  0  0
      0  0  0  0  1  0    0  0  0  0  0  0  0 -1
      0  0  0  0  0  1    0  0 -1  0  0  0  0  0
      0  0  0  0  0  1    0  0  0  0 -1  0  0  0 ];
nolinks = size(A,1);    % number of links

fprintf(1,'Computing the optimal locations of the 6 free points...');

cvx_begin
    variable x(N+M,2)
    minimize ( sum(square_pos(square_pos(norms( A*x,2,2 )))))
    x(N+[1:M],:) == fixed;
cvx_end

fprintf(1,'Done! \n');

% Plots
free_sum = x(1:N,:);
figure(1);
dots = plot(free_sum(:,1), free_sum(:,2), 'or', fixed(:,1), fixed(:,2), 'bs');
set(dots(1),'MarkerFaceColor','red');
hold on
legend('Free points','Fixed points','Location','Best');
for i=1:nolinks
  ind = find(A(i,:));
  line2 = plot(x(ind,1), x(ind,2), ':k');
  hold on
  set(line2,'LineWidth',linewidth);
end
axis([-1.1 1.1 -1.1 1.1]) ;
axis equal;
title('Fourth-order placement problem');
% print -deps placement-quartic.eps

figure(2)
all = [free_sum; fixed];
bins = 0.05:0.1:1.95;
lengths = sqrt(sum((A*all).^2')');
[N2,hist2] = hist(lengths,bins);
bar(hist2,N2);
hold on;
xx = linspace(0,2,1000);  yy = (6/1.5^4)*xx.^4;
plot(xx,yy,'--');
axis([0 1.5 0 4.5]);
hold on
plot([0 2], [0 0 ], 'k-');
title('Distribution of the 27 link lengths');
% print -deps placement-quartic-hist.eps

Computing the optimal locations of the 6 free points... 
Calling Mosek 9.1.9: 351 variables, 150 equality constraints
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MOSEK Version 9.1.9 (Build date: 2019-11-21 11:32:15)
Copyright (c) MOSEK ApS, Denmark. WWW: mosek.com
Platform: MACOSX/64-X86

Problem
  Name                   :                 
  Objective sense        : min             
  Type                   : CONIC (conic optimization problem)
  Constraints            : 150             
  Cones                  : 81              
  Scalar variables       : 351             
  Matrix variables       : 0               
  Integer variables      : 0               

Optimizer started.
Presolve started.
Linear dependency checker started.
Linear dependency checker terminated.
Eliminator started.
Freed constraints in eliminator : 0
Eliminator terminated.
Eliminator - tries                  : 1                 time                   : 0.00            
Lin. dep.  - tries                  : 1                 time                   : 0.00            
Lin. dep.  - number                 : 0               
Presolve terminated. Time: 0.00    
Problem
  Name                   :                 
  Objective sense        : min             
  Type                   : CONIC (conic optimization problem)
  Constraints            : 150             
  Cones                  : 81              
  Scalar variables       : 351             
  Matrix variables       : 0               
  Integer variables      : 0               

Optimizer  - threads                : 8               
Optimizer  - solved problem         : the primal      
Optimizer  - Constraints            : 96
Optimizer  - Cones                  : 81
Optimizer  - Scalar variables       : 297               conic                  : 243             
Optimizer  - Semi-definite variables: 0                 scalarized             : 0               
Factor     - setup time             : 0.00              dense det. time        : 0.00            
Factor     - ML order time          : 0.00              GP order time          : 0.00            
Factor     - nonzeros before factor : 520               after factor           : 564             
Factor     - dense dim.             : 0                 flops                  : 7.15e+03        
ITE PFEAS    DFEAS    GFEAS    PRSTATUS   POBJ              DOBJ              MU       TIME  
0   2.0e+00  1.0e+00  5.5e+01  0.00e+00   2.700000000e+01   -2.700000000e+01  1.0e+00  0.00  
1   5.0e-01  2.5e-01  1.0e+01  7.27e-02   1.257717072e+01   -6.681174583e+00  2.5e-01  0.01  
2   1.1e-01  5.6e-02  1.7e+00  4.18e-01   1.208648815e+01   5.852200415e+00   5.6e-02  0.01  
3   4.1e-02  2.0e-02  4.5e-01  4.48e-01   1.642111580e+01   1.351707810e+01   2.0e-02  0.01  
4   1.6e-02  8.2e-03  1.3e-01  6.64e-01   1.887884124e+01   1.754780456e+01   8.2e-03  0.01  
5   3.4e-03  1.7e-03  1.2e-02  8.82e-01   2.028591708e+01   1.999663914e+01   1.7e-03  0.01  
6   1.1e-03  5.5e-04  2.3e-03  9.77e-01   2.053657001e+01   2.044223025e+01   5.5e-04  0.01  
7   3.1e-04  1.6e-04  3.5e-04  9.93e-01   2.061430046e+01   2.058749786e+01   1.6e-04  0.01  
8   1.0e-04  5.2e-05  6.7e-05  9.99e-01   2.063618935e+01   2.062728005e+01   5.2e-05  0.01  
9   3.2e-06  1.6e-06  3.7e-07  9.99e-01   2.064600292e+01   2.064572783e+01   1.6e-06  0.01  
10  2.6e-08  1.3e-08  2.6e-10  1.00e+00   2.064632086e+01   2.064631868e+01   1.3e-08  0.01  
11  2.4e-09  1.2e-09  7.4e-12  1.00e+00   2.064632335e+01   2.064632315e+01   1.2e-09  0.01  
Optimizer terminated. Time: 0.02    


Interior-point solution summary
  Problem status  : PRIMAL_AND_DUAL_FEASIBLE
  Solution status : OPTIMAL
  Primal.  obj: 2.0646323351e+01    nrm: 2e+00    Viol.  con: 8e-09    var: 4e-09    cones: 0e+00  
  Dual.    obj: 2.0646323148e+01    nrm: 7e+00    Viol.  con: 0e+00    var: 3e-09    cones: 0e+00  
Optimizer summary
  Optimizer                 -                        time: 0.02    
    Interior-point          - iterations : 11        time: 0.01    
      Basis identification  -                        time: 0.00    
        Primal              - iterations : 0         time: 0.00    
        Dual                - iterations : 0         time: 0.00    
        Clean primal        - iterations : 0         time: 0.00    
        Clean dual          - iterations : 0         time: 0.00    
    Simplex                 -                        time: 0.00    
      Primal simplex        - iterations : 0         time: 0.00    
      Dual simplex          - iterations : 0         time: 0.00    
    Mixed integer           - relaxations: 0         time: 0.00    

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Status: Solved
Optimal value (cvx_optval): +20.6463
 
Done!