Equilibrium bias and convergence in augmented primal--dual dynamics with sampled constraints

📅 2026-09-12
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This work studies the stability and convergence of augmented primal-dual dynamics when constraint values are estimated from samples. Unbiased constraint observations can produce a biased augmented multiplier signal, shifting the equilibria of the mean dynamics. For componentwise inequalities, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for preserving the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) equilibria and construct a convex example with a locally exponentially stable equilibrium that violates complementarity. To address this bias, constraint values are estimated recursively before forming the augmented multiplier signal. For smooth convex conic problems, a joint energy analysis establishes boundedness of the primal, dual, and estimation states, vanishing estimation error, and almost sure convergence of the primal-dual iterates to a single KKT point under global regularity and bounded conditional second moments. The result allows nonunique solutions and multipliers while keeping the number of samples per iteration fixed. Numerical studies illustrate the predicted equilibrium bias and examine convergence with nonunique KKT points and nonlinear constraints.
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primal-dual dynamics
constraint estimation
equilibrium bias
KKT equilibria
convergence
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augmented primal-dual dynamics
sampled constraints
bias correction
Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) equilibria
energy analysis
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