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Convex clustering is a well-regarded clustering method, resembling the similar centroid-based approach of Lloyd's $k$-means, without requiring a predefined cluster count. It starts with each data point as its centroid and iteratively merges…

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This paper presents a method for building a preconditioner for a kernel ridge regression problem, where the preconditioner is not only effective in its ability to reduce the condition number substantially, but also efficient in its…

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The main purpose of this paper is to report on the state of the art of computing integer hulls and their facets as well as counting lattice points in convex polytopes. Using the polymake system we explore various algorithms and…

This paper introduces mixed-integer optimization methods to solve regression problems that incorporate fairness metrics. We propose an exact formulation for training fair regression models. To tackle this computationally hard problem, we…

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Estimating the volume of a convex body is a central problem in convex geometry and can be viewed as a continuous version of counting. We present a quantum algorithm that estimates the volume of an $n$-dimensional convex body within…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-11 Shouvanik Chakrabarti , Andrew M. Childs , Shih-Han Hung , Tongyang Li , Chunhao Wang , Xiaodi Wu

In this paper, we introduce various mechanisms to obtain accelerated first-order stochastic optimization algorithms when the objective function is convex or strongly convex. Specifically, we extend the Catalyst approach originally designed…

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Approximate convex decomposition aims to decompose a 3D shape into a set of almost convex components, whose convex hulls can then be used to represent the input shape. It thus enables efficient geometry processing algorithms specifically…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-05-09 Xinyue Wei , Minghua Liu , Zhan Ling , Hao Su

We explore the separability of point sets in the plane by a restricted-orientation convex hull, which is an orientation-dependent, possibly disconnected, and non-convex enclosing shape that generalizes the convex hull. Let $R$ and $B$ be…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-09-12 Carlos Alegría , David Orden , Carlos Seara , Jorge Urrutia

In this paper, we present algorithms for computing approximate hulls and centerpoints for collections of matrices in positive definite space. There are many applications where the data under consideration, rather than being points in a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2009-12-09 P. Thomas Fletcher , John Moeller , Jeff M. Phillips , Suresh Venkatasubramanian

Creation of collision objects for 3D models is a time-consuming task, requiring modelers to manually place primitives such as bounding boxes, capsules, spheres, and other convex primitives to approximate complex meshes. While there has been…

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In the field of parametric partial differential equations, shape optimization represents a challenging problem due to the required computational resources. In this contribution, a data-driven framework involving multiple reduction…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-23 Nicola Demo , Marco Tezzele , Andrea Mola , Gianluigi Rozza

This paper investigates the transformation of a convex hull, derived from a d-dimensional point cloud, into a concave surface. Our primary focus is on the development of a methodology that ensures all points in the point cloud are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-07 Netzer Moriya

Purpose: Design of a preconditioner for fast and efficient parallel imaging and compressed sensing reconstructions. Theory: Parallel imaging and compressed sensing reconstructions become time consuming when the problem size or the number of…

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We consider the problem of computing Shapley values for points in the plane, where each point is interpreted as a player, and the value of a coalition is defined by the area of usual geometric objects, such as the convex hull or the minimum…

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This paper presents a framework to solve constrained optimization problems in an accelerated manner based on High-Order Tuners (HT). Our approach is based on reformulating the original constrained problem as the unconstrained optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-27 Anjali Parashar , Priyank Srivastava , Anuradha M. Annaswamy

We study the problem of computing a convex region with bounded area and diameter that contains the maximum number of points from a given point set $P$. We show that this problem can be solved in $O(n^6k)$ time and $O(n^3k)$ space, where $n$…

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Data-driven algorithm selection is a powerful approach for choosing effective heuristics for computational problems. It operates by evaluating a set of candidate algorithms on a collection of representative training instances and selecting…

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A framework is developed for applying accelerated methods to general hyperbolic programming, including linear, second-order cone, and semidefinite programming as special cases. The approach replaces a hyperbolic program with a convex…

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This paper tackles the problem of data abstraction in the context of 3D point sets. Our method classifies points into different geometric primitives, such as planes and cones, leading to a compact representation of the data. Being based on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-19 Christiane Sommer , Yumin Sun , Erik Bylow , Daniel Cremers

This paper is an attempt to remedy the problem of slow convergence for first-order numerical algorithms by proposing an adaptive conditioning heuristic. First, we propose a parallelizable numerical algorithm that is capable of solving…

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