
[Introduction]
DSA-BD version 0: 
A MATLAB package developed by C. Ortiz, R.D.C. Monteiro and B.F. Svaiter 
for solving general semidefinite programs (SDPs) using a block-decomposition 
first-order method, which is a special case of the hybrid proximal extragradient 
(HPE) method, a framework of inexact proximal point methods introduced by 
B.F. Svaiter and M. Solodov.
Copyright (c) 2011 by
C. Ortiz, R.D.C. Monteiro and B.F. Svaiter

The details of the algorithm used by DSA-BD can be found in the following 
reference: 

[Reference]
Renato D. C. Monteiro, Camilo Ortiz, and Benar F. Svaiter. 
Implementation of a block-decomposition algorithm for solving 
large-scale conic semidefinite programming problems, preprint,
working paper, School of ISyE, Georgia Tech, USA, May 2011
(submitted to SIAM Journal on Optimization).


[Copyright] 
See Copyright.txt

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[Installation] 
The software DSA-BD requires a few mex-files that you may need to compile in MATLAB. 
To do so, run MATALB in the directory DSA_BD, then type:       >> Install_DSA_BD   After that, to see whether you have installed the software correctly, 
type the following in MATLAB:       >> DSA_BD_demo;


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