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After different variables and functions changes, the generalized dispersal problem, recalled in (1) below and considered in part I, see Labbas, Maingot and Thorel [14], leads us to consider, to study and to invert the sum of linear…

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The paper concerns foundations of sensitivity and stability analysis in optimization and related areas, being primarily addressed truncated constrained systems. We consider general models, which are described by multifunctions between…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-30 Boris S. Mordukhovich , Pengcheng Wu , Xiaoqi Yang

In this paper we present some new results on the existence of solutions of generalized variational inequalities in real reflexive Banach spaces with Fr\'echet differentiable norms. Moreover, we also give some theorems about the structure of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-04 Nga Quynh Nguyen

We introduce discretizations of infinite-dimensional optimization problems with total variation regularization and integrality constraints on the optimization variables. We advance the discretization of the dual formulation of the total…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-18 Annika Schiemann , Paul Manns

In this paper, we present a unified analysis of methods for such a wide class of problems as variational inequalities, which includes minimization problems and saddle point problems. We develop our analysis on the modified Extra-Gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-18 Aleksandr Beznosikov , Alexander Gasnikov , Karina Zainulina , Alexander Maslovskiy , Dmitry Pasechnyuk

This article introduces an innovative mathematical framework designed to tackle non-linear convex variational problems in reflexive Banach spaces. Our approach employs a versatile technique that can handle a broad range of variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-13 Pablo M. Berná , Antonio Falcó

We investigate the convergence rates of variational posterior distributions for statistical inverse problems involving nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). Departing from exact Bayesian inference, variational inference…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Shaokang Zu , Junxiong Jia , Deyu Meng

In this paper we consider variational problems involving 1-dimensional connected sets in the Euclidean plane, such as the classical Steiner tree problem and the irrigation (Gilbert-Steiner) problem. We relate them to optimal partition…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Mauro Bonafini , Giandomenico Orlandi , Edouard Oudet

Variational inference methods for latent variable statistical models have gained popularity because they are relatively fast, can handle large data sets, and have deterministic convergence guarantees. However, in practice it is unclear…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-03-22 Hachem Saddiki , Andrew C. Trapp , Patrick Flaherty

In this article, we develop an algorithm suitable for constrained optimization in $\mathbb{R}^n$. The results are developed through standard tools of n-dimensional real analysis and basic concepts of optimization. Indeed, the well known…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-26 Fabio Botelho

We investigate the Fermat-Torricelli problem in d-dimensional real normed spaces or Minkowski spaces, mainly for d=2. Our approach is to study the Fermat-Torricelli locus in a geometric way. We present many new results, as well as give an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-07-18 Horst Martini , Konrad J Swanepoel , Gunter Weiss

Variational inequalities are a universal optimization paradigm that incorporate classical minimization and saddle point problems. Nowadays more and more tasks require to consider stochastic formulations of optimization problems. In this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-17 Alexander Pichugin , Maksim Pechin , Aleksandr Beznosikov , Vasilii Novitskii , Alexander Gasnikov

The problem of minimizing a continuously differentiable convex function over an intersection of closed convex sets is ubiquitous in applied mathematics. It is particularly interesting when it is easy to project onto each separate set, but…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-08-06 Eric C. Chi , Hua Zhou , Kenneth Lange

We consider the problem of approximating the solution of variational problems subject to the constraint that the admissible functions must be convex. This problem is at the interface between convex analysis, convex optimization, variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Adam M. Oberman

This paper studies approximate solutions of a linear fractional vector optimization problem without requiring boundedness of the constraint set. We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for approximating weakly efficient points of…

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We study optimization algorithms for the finite sum problems frequently arising in machine learning applications. First, we propose novel variants of stochastic gradient descent with a variance reduction property that enables linear…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-07-06 Jakub Konečný

A variational approach to finite connectivity spin-glass-like models is developed and applied to describe the structure of optimal solutions in random satisfiability problems. Our variational scheme accurately reproduces the known replica…

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In this paper, we study a class of problems where the sum of truncated convex functions is minimized. In statistical applications, they are commonly encountered when $\ell_0$-penalized models are fitted and usually lead to NP-Hard…

Computation · Statistics 2017-06-28 Tzu-Ying Liu , Hui Jiang

We study generalized games defined over Banach spaces using variational analysis. To reformulate generalized games as quasi-variational inequality problems, we will first form a suitable principal operator and study some significant…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Asrifa Sultana , Shivani Valecha