A Common Framework for the Convergence of the GSK, MDM and SMO Algorithms

Building upon Gilbert's convergence proof of his algorithtm to solve the Minimum Norm Problem, we establish a framework where a much simplified version of his proof allows us to prove the convergence of two algorithms for solving the Nearest Point Problem for disjoint convex hulls, namely the GSK and the MDM algorithms, as well as the convergence of the SMO algorithm for SVMs over linearly separable two-class samples.