Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Birbil, S.I. Author-Name-Last: Birbil Author-Name-First: Ilker Author-Name: Fang, S-C. Author-Name-Last: Fang Author-Name-First: Shu-Cherng Author-Name: Han, J. Author-Name-Last: Han Title: Entropic Regularization Approach for Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints Abstract: A new smoothing approach based on entropic perturbation is proposed for solving mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints. Some of the desirable properties of the smoothing function are shown. The viability of the proposed approach is supported by a computationalstudy on a set of well-known test problems. Creation-Date: 2002-09-13 File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/224/ERS-2002-71-LIS.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Series: RePEc:ems:eureri Number: ERS-2002-71-LIS Classification-JEL: C61, C62, M, M11, R4 Keywords: entropic regularization, mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints, smoothing approach Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:224