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We propose an accelerated meta-algorithm, which allows to obtain accelerated methods for convex unconstrained minimization in different settings. As an application of the general scheme we propose nearly optimal methods for minimizing…

In this article, we propose a quasi-Newton method for unconstrained set optimization problems to find its weakly minimal solutions with respect to lower set-less ordering. The set-valued objective mapping under consideration is given by a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-10 Debdas Ghosh , Anshika , Jen-Chih Yao , Xiaopeng Zhao

Gradient-based methods are widely used to solve various optimization problems, however, they are either constrained by local optima dilemmas, simple convex constraints, and continuous differentiability requirements, or limited to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Ming Li

In this article we intend to develop a simple and implementable algorithm for minimizing a convex function over the solution set of another convex optimization problem. Such a problem is often referred to as a simple bilevel programming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-17 Stephan Dempe , Joydeep Duta , Tanushree Pandit , K. S. Mallikarjuna Rao

Set function optimization is essential in AI and machine learning. We focus on a subadditive set function that generalizes submodularity, and examine the subadditivity of non-submodular functions. We also deal with a minimax subadditive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-08-27 Kiyohito Nagano , Akihiro Kishimoto

Recently wide application in engineering-economic problems was received with problems of vector optimization. Development of methods of the decision of these problems it is executed in works A. Messac and others. Complexity of the offered…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-09-03 A. A. Bosov , G. N. Kodola , L. N. Savchenko

In the submodular ranking (SR) problem, the input consists of a set of submodular functions defined on a ground set of elements. The goal is to order elements for all the functions to have value above a certain threshold as soon on average…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Qingyun Chen , Sungjin Im , Benjamin Moseley , Chenyang Xu , Ruilong Zhang

Optimization models with non-convex constraints arise in many tasks in machine learning, e.g., learning with fairness constraints or Neyman-Pearson classification with non-convex loss. Although many efficient methods have been developed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-24 Runchao Ma , Qihang Lin , Tianbao Yang

In this paper we consider the variable inequality problem, that is, to find a solution of the inclusion given by the sum of a function and a point-to-cone application. This problem can be seen as a generalization of the classical system…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-10 J. Y. Bello Cruz , L. R. Lucambio Perez , G. Bouza Allende

We present results about minimization of convex functionals defined over a finite set of vectors in a finite dimensional Hilbert space, that extend several known results for the Benedetto-Fickus frame potential. Our approach depends on…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-10-08 Pedro Massey , Mariano Ruiz

This article focuses on the optimization of a complex system which is composed of several subsystems. On the one hand, these subsystems are subject to multiple objectives, local constraints as well as local variables, and they are…

We consider rather a general class of multi-level optimization problems, where a convex objective function is to be minimized subject to constraints of optimality of nested convex optimization problems. As a special case, we consider a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Allahkaram Shafiei , Vyacheslav Kungurtsev , Jakub Marecek

Majorization-minimization algorithms consist of iteratively minimizing a majorizing surrogate of an objective function. Because of its simplicity and its wide applicability, this principle has been very popular in statistics and in signal…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2013-09-11 Julien Mairal

Recently, there has been a renewed interest in decomposition-based approaches for evolutionary multiobjective optimization. However, the impact of the choice of the underlying scalarizing function(s) is still far from being well understood.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-09-22 Bilel Derbel , Dimo Brockhoff , Arnaud Liefooghe , Sébastien Verel

A rank estimator in robust regression is a minimizer of a function which depends (in addition to other factors) on the ordering of residuals but not on their values. Here we focus on the optimization aspects of rank estimators. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-15 Michal Cerny , Miroslav Rada , Jaromir Antoch , Milan Hladik

In this paper, we investigate the concept of p-convexity for sets and functions in n-dimensional Euclidean space. We establish novel algebraic and topological results within this generalized convexity framework. Furthermore, we analyze…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Cristian Vera

In collective systems, the available agents are a limited resource that must be allocated among tasks to maximize collective performance. Computing the optimal allocation of several agents to numerous tasks through a brute-force approach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Simay Atasoy Bingöl , Tobias Töpfer , Sven Kosub , Heiko Hamann , Andreagiovanni Reina

It is well known that bilevel optimization problems are hard to solve both in theory and practice. In this paper, we highlight a further computational difficulty when it comes to solving bilevel problems with continuous but nonconvex lower…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-04 Yasmine Beck , Daniel Bienstock , Martin Schmidt , Johannes Thürauf

In this paper, we consider a bilevel polynomial optimization problem where the objective and the constraint functions of both the upper and the lower level problems are polynomials. We present methods for finding its global minimizers and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-01-14 V. Jeyakumar , J. B. Lasserre , G. Li , T. S. Pham

In problems involving matrix computations, the concept of leverage has found a large number of applications. In particular, leverage scores, which relate the columns of a matrix to the subspaces spanned by its leading singular vectors, are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-17 Bruno Ordozgoiti , Antonis Matakos , Aristides Gionis