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In this paper, we consider the problem of finding an almost surely common fixed point of a family of paracontraction maps indexed on a probability space, which we refer to as the stochastic feasibility problem. We show that a random…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-08-12 Edgar Matias , Majela Pentón Machado

Consider a reference Markov process with initial distribution $\pi_{0}$ and transition kernels $\{M_{t}\}_{t\in[1:T]}$, for some $T\in\mathbb{N}$. Assume that you are given distribution $\pi_{T}$, which is not equal to the marginal…

Computation · Statistics 2020-01-01 Espen Bernton , Jeremy Heng , Arnaud Doucet , Pierre E. Jacob

We initiate the systematic study of decision-theoretic metrics in the design and analysis of algorithms with machine-learned predictions. We introduce approaches based on both deterministic measures such as distance-based evaluation, that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Spyros Angelopoulos , Christoph Dürr , Georgii Melidi

This paper deals with a modifed iterative projection method for approximating a solution of hierarchical fixed point problems for nearly nonexpansive mappings. Some strong convergence theorems for the proposed method are presented under…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-17 Ibrahim Karahan , Murat Ozdemir

This paper exploit the equivalence between the Schr\"odinger Bridge problem and the entropy penalized optimal transport in order to find a different approach to the duality, in the spirit of optimal transport. This approach results in a…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-11-19 Simone Di Marino , Augusto Gerolin

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a locally finite graph. Firstly, using calculus of variations, including a direct method of variation and the mountain-pass theory, we get sequences of solutions to several local equations on $G$ (the Schr\"odinger…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-04 Yong Lin , Yunyan Yang

We investigate Runge-type approximation theorems for solutions to the 3D unsteady Stokes system. More precisely, we establish that on any compact set with connected complement, local smooth solutions to the 3D unsteady Stokes system can be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-02 Mitsuo Higaki , Franck Sueur

Matching pursuit algorithms are an important class of algorithms in signal processing and machine learning. We present a blended matching pursuit algorithm, combining coordinate descent-like steps with stronger gradient descent steps, for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-21 Cyrille W. Combettes , Sebastian Pokutta

We develop a gradient-like algorithm to minimize a sum of peer objective functions based on coordination through a peer interconnection network. The coordination admits two stages: the first is to constitute a gradient, possibly with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Sandushan Ranaweera , Chathuranga Weeraddana , Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa , Carlo Fischione

We consider the problem of maximizing a convex function over a closed convex set in a real Hilbert space. For linear functions, we show that a single orthogonal projection suffices to obtain an approximate solution. For continuous convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Pedro Felzenszwalb , Heon Lee

We study how the supporting hyperplanes produced by the projection process can complement the method of alternating projections and its variants for the convex set intersection problem. For the problem of finding the closest point in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-02-11 C. H. Jeffrey Pang

In this paper, we introduce and study a new extragradient iterative process for finding a common element of the set of fixed points of an infinite family of nonexpansive mappings and the set of solutions of a variational inequality for an…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-05-22 Ibrahim Karahan , Murat Ozdemir

We prove a sufficient set of conditions for a sequence of finite measures on the space of cadlag measure-valued paths to converge to the canonical measure of super-Brownian motion in the sense of convergence of finite-dimensional…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-11-10 Mark Holmes , Edwin Perkins

The convergence of expectation-maximization (EM)-based algorithms typically requires continuity of the likelihood function with respect to all the unknown parameters (optimization variables). The requirement is not met when parameters…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-18 Geethu Joseph

We obtain multiplicity results for a class of first-order superquadratic Hamiltonian systems and a class of indefinite superquadratic elliptic systems which lead to the study of strongly indefinite functionals. There is no assumption to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-25 Cyril J. Batkam , Fabrice Colin , Tomasz Kaczynski

In this work we study the method of Bregman projections for deterministic and stochastic convex feasibility problems with three types of control sequences for the selection of sets during the algorithmic procedure: greedy, random, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-06 Vladimir Kostic , Saverio Salzo

For the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation, we obtain sharp maximal-in-time and maximal-in-space estimates for systems of orthonormal initial data. The maximal-in-time estimates generalize a classical result of Kenig--Ponce--Vega and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-16 Neal Bez , Sanghyuk Lee , Shohei Nakamura

In this work, we analyze the global convergence property of coordinate gradient descent with random choice of coordinates and stepsizes for non-convex optimization problems. Under generic assumptions, we prove that the algorithm iterate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-01 Ziang Chen , Yingzhou Li , Jianfeng Lu

This paper investigates the optimal ergodic sublinear convergence rate of the relaxed proximal point algorithm for solving monotone variational inequality problems. The exact worst case convergence rate is computed using the performance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-15 Guoyong Gu , Junfeng Yang

In this paper, we introduce two new modified inertial Mann Halpern and viscosity algorithms for solving fixed point problems. We establish strong convergence theorems under some suitable conditions. Finally, our algorithms are applied to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-10 Bing Tan , Zheng Zhou , Songxiao Li