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We present an efficient framework for solving algebraically-constrained global non-convex polynomial optimization problems over subsets of the hypercube. We prove the existence of an equivalent nonlinear reformulation of such problems that…

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In this paper, we study the mixed-integer nonlinear set given by a separable quadratic constraint on continuous variables, where each continuous variable is controlled by an additional indicator. This set occurs pervasively in optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Andres Gomez , Weijun Xie

Solving NP-hard/complete combinatorial problems with neural networks is a challenging research area that aims to surpass classical approximate algorithms. The long-term objective is to outperform hand-designed heuristics for…

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We consider a parametric convex quadratic programming, CQP, relaxation for the quadratic knapsack problem, QKP. This relaxation maintains partial quadratic information from the original QKP by perturbing the objective function to obtain a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-11 Marcia Fampa , Daniela Cristina Lubke , Fei Wang , Henry Wolkowicz

We present a learning-based approach to computing solutions for certain NP-hard problems. Our approach combines deep learning techniques with useful algorithmic elements from classic heuristics. The central component is a graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Zhuwen Li , Qifeng Chen , Vladlen Koltun

In recent years, the nuclear norm minimization (NNM) problem has been attracting much attention in computer vision and machine learning. The NNM problem is capitalized on its convexity and it can be solved efficiently. The standard nuclear…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-05-26 Qi Xie , Deyu Meng , Shuhang Gu , Lei Zhang , Wangmeng Zuo , Xiangchu Feng , Zongben Xu

The standard quadratic optimization problem (StQP) consists of minimizing a quadratic form over the standard simplex. Without convexity or concavity of the quadratic form, the StQP is NP-hard. This problem has many relevant real-life…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-10 Immanuel M. Bomze , Daniel de Vicente

The maximum stable set problem is a well-known NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization, which can be formulated as the maximization of a quadratic square-free polynomial over the (Boolean) hypercube. We investigate a hierarchy of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-11 Monique Laurent , Zhao Sun

There has been increasing interest in developing efficient quantum algorithms for hard classical problems. The Network Signal Coordination (NSC) problem is one such problem known to be NP complete. We implement Grover's search algorithm to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-06 Vinayak Dixit , Richard Pech

We present a novel efficient theoretical and numerical framework for solving global non-convex polynomial optimization problems. We analytically demonstrate that such problems can be efficiently reformulated using a non-linear objective…

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We present a numerical method for the solution of Newton's problem of least resistance in the class of convex functions using a convex hull approach. We observe that the numerically computed solutions possess some symmetry. Further, their…

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In this paper, we use Proximal Cubic regularized Newton Methods (PCNM) to optimize the sum of a smooth convex function and a non-smooth convex function, where we use inexact gradient and Hessian, and an inexact subsolver for the cubic…

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High-order tensor methods for solving both convex and nonconvex optimization problems have generated significant research interest, leading to algorithms with optimal global rates of convergence and local rates that are faster than Newton's…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-25 Wenqi Zhu , Coralia Cartis

We analyze the question of deciding whether a quadratic or a hyperbolic 0-1 programming instance has a unique optimal solution. Both uniqueness questions are known to be NP-hard, but are unlikely to be contained in the class NP. We…

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In the first part of this work [32], we introduce a convex parabolic relaxation for quadratically-constrained quadratic programs, along with a sequential penalized parabolic relaxation algorithm to recover near-optimal feasible solutions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-09 Ramtin Madani , Mersedeh Ashraphijuo , Mohsen Kheirandishfard , Alper Atamturk

We study the convex relaxation of a polynomial optimization problem, maximizing a product of linear forms over the complex sphere. We show that this convex program is also a relaxation of the permanent of Hermitian positive semidefinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-21 Chenyang Yuan , Pablo A. Parrilo

In this work we study a general shape optimization problem where the state equation is given in terms of a nonlocal operator. Examples of the problems considered are monotone combinations of fractional eigenvalues. Moreover, we also analyze…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-28 Julian Fernandez Bonder , Antonella Ritorto , Ariel Martin Salort

Convex quadratically constrained quadratic programs (QCQPs) involve finding a solution within a convex feasible region defined by quadratic constraints while minimizing a convex quadratic objective function. These problems arise in various…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Chenyang Wu , Qian Chen , Akang Wang , Tian Ding , Ruoyu Sun , Wenguo Yang , Qingjiang Shi

Recent works have shown that deep neural networks can be employed to solve partial differential equations, giving rise to the framework of physics informed neural networks. We introduce a generalization for these methods that manifests as a…

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