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We prove weak duality between two recent convex relaxation methods for bounding the optimal value of a constrained variational problem in which the objective is an integral functional. The first approach, proposed by Valmorbida et al. (IEEE…
A tight continuous relaxation is a crucial factor in solving mixed integer formulations of many NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. The (weighted) max $k$-cut problem is a fundamental combinatorial optimization problem with…
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This work proposes a novel multi-objective optimization approach that globally finds a representative non-inferior set of solutions, also known as Pareto-optimal solutions, by automatically formulating and solving a sequence of weighted sum…
This work proposes a novel multi-objective optimization approach that globally finds a representative non-inferior set of solutions, also known as Pareto-optimal solutions, by automatically formulating and solving a sequence of weighted sum…
How to quickly and stably realize the degree reduction of the rational Bezier curve is an open problem in CAGD. Based on the weighted least squares method and weighted sum method of multi-objective optimization, this paper transforms the…
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An optimization algorithm for nonsmooth nonconvex constrained optimization problems with upper-C2 objective functions is proposed and analyzed. Upper-C2 is a weakly concave property that exists in difference of convex (DC) functions and…
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Sum-of-squares (SOS) optimization provides a computationally tractable framework for certifying polynomial nonnegativity. If the considered problem is convex, the SOS problem can be transcribed into and solved by semi-definite programs.…