A new line search strategy for finding separating hyperplane in projection-based methods.

Projection based methods are a family of efficient and applicable derivative free methods for solving systems of nonlinear monotone equations. These methods, at each iteration, use a backtracking line search to generate a hyperplane which strictly separates the current approximation from the solution set of the problem. Numerical experiments indicate that choosing an appropriate line search highly affects the efficiency of projection based methods. In this paper we introduce a new line search procedure for generating the separating hyperplane. The convergence properties of the new procedure is established in a simple and short way. Numerical results show that the new line search is very effective and increases the efficiency of projection based methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]