Section 4.3.1: Compute and display the Chebyshev center of a 2D polyhedron

% Boyd & Vandenberghe, "Convex Optimization"
% Joëlle Skaf - 08/16/05
% (a figure is generated)
%
% The goal is to find the largest Euclidean ball (i.e. its center and
% radius) that lies in a polyhedron described by linear inequalites in this
% fashion: P = {x : a_i'*x <= b_i, i=1,...,m} where x is in R^2

% Generate the input data
a1 = [ 2;  1];
a2 = [ 2; -1];
a3 = [-1;  2];
a4 = [-1; -2];
b = ones(4,1);

% Create and solve the model
cvx_begin
    variable r(1)
    variable x_c(2)
    maximize ( r )
    a1'*x_c + r*norm(a1,2) <= b(1);
    a2'*x_c + r*norm(a2,2) <= b(2);
    a3'*x_c + r*norm(a3,2) <= b(3);
    a4'*x_c + r*norm(a4,2) <= b(4);
cvx_end

% Generate the figure
x = linspace(-2,2);
theta = 0:pi/100:2*pi;
plot( x, -x*a1(1)./a1(2) + b(1)./a1(2),'b-');
hold on
plot( x, -x*a2(1)./a2(2) + b(2)./a2(2),'b-');
plot( x, -x*a3(1)./a3(2) + b(3)./a3(2),'b-');
plot( x, -x*a4(1)./a4(2) + b(4)./a4(2),'b-');
plot( x_c(1) + r*cos(theta), x_c(2) + r*sin(theta), 'r');
plot(x_c(1),x_c(2),'k+')
xlabel('x_1')
ylabel('x_2')
title('Largest Euclidean ball lying in a 2D polyhedron');
axis([-1 1 -1 1])
axis equal
 
Calling SDPT3: 4 variables, 3 equality constraints
   For improved efficiency, SDPT3 is solving the dual problem.
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 num. of constraints =  3
 dim. of linear var  =  4
 number of nearly dependent constraints = 1
 To remove these constraints, re-run sqlp.m with OPTIONS.rmdepconstr = 1.
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   SDPT3: Infeasible path-following algorithms
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 version  predcorr  gam  expon  scale_data
    NT      1      0.000   1        0    
it pstep dstep pinfeas dinfeas  gap      mean(obj)   cputime
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 0|0.000|0.000|8.7e+00|3.0e+00|4.4e+01| 4.000000e+00| 0:0:00| chol  1  1 
 1|1.000|1.000|2.2e-06|6.7e-02|2.2e+00|-6.073019e-01| 0:0:00| chol  1  1 
 2|1.000|0.989|5.8e-08|7.3e-03|2.3e-02| 4.379310e-01| 0:0:00| chol  1  1 
 3|1.000|0.989|1.6e-08|7.4e-04|2.6e-04| 4.473327e-01| 0:0:00| chol  1  1 
 4|1.000|0.989|4.9e-09|7.4e-05|2.8e-06| 4.472370e-01| 0:0:00| chol  1  1 
 5|1.000|0.997|4.0e-09|1.9e-07|3.9e-08| 4.472136e-01| 0:0:00| chol  1  1 
 6|1.000|0.999|5.7e-12|3.1e-10|4.9e-10| 4.472136e-01| 0:0:00|
  stop: max(relative gap, infeasibilities) < 1.49e-08
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 number of iterations   =  6
 primal objective value =  4.47213596e-01
 dual   objective value =  4.47213595e-01
 gap := trace(XZ)       = 4.93e-10
 relative gap           = 2.60e-10
 actual relative gap    = 1.53e-10
 rel. primal infeas     = 5.68e-12
 rel. dual   infeas     = 3.11e-10
 norm(X), norm(y), norm(Z) = 2.4e-01, 4.5e-01, 2.6e-09
 norm(A), norm(b), norm(C) = 7.3e+00, 2.0e+00, 3.0e+00
 Total CPU time (secs)  = 0.1  
 CPU time per iteration = 0.0  
 termination code       =  0
 DIMACS: 5.7e-12  0.0e+00  4.7e-10  0.0e+00  1.5e-10  2.6e-10
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Status: Solved
Optimal value (cvx_optval): +0.447214