Getting error while solving convex constraint x*(2^(y/x)-1) <= constant

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Hi,

In my optimization problem, I am getting following error message while solving following constraint:

w + x*(2^(y/x)-1) <= constant

w, x, y are optimization variables. I checked that constraint is convex.

Error message:
Disciplined convex programming error: Cannot perform the operation: {real affine} ./ {real affine}

Please suggest me in this regard.

Nilanjan

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That constraint is non-convex for x < 0.

Presuming x >= 0, it can be handled using CVX’s exponential cone constraint capability to represent it as an exponential cone constraint,.

The constraint can be rewritten as
x*exp(y/x) <= (constant + x)/log(2)
which can be implemented in CVX as
{y,x,(constant + x)/log(2)} == exponential(1)

Note that although http://cvxr.com/cvx/doc/funcref.html#sets has an entry for exp_cone, it has to actually be entered using exponential, as I’ve shown here.

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