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This article describes a method to compute successive convex approximations of the convex hull of a set of points in R^n that are the solutions to a system of polynomial equations over the reals. The method relies on sums of squares of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-07-27 João Gouveia , Rekha R. Thomas

Motivated by the desire to cope with data imprecision, we study methods for taking advantage of preliminary information about point sets in order to speed up the computation of certain structures associated with them. In particular, we…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2012-12-27 Esther Ezra , Wolfgang Mulzer

The anchor words algorithm performs provably efficient topic model inference by finding an approximate convex hull in a high-dimensional word co-occurrence space. However, the existing greedy algorithm often selects poor anchor words,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2017-11-21 Moontae Lee , David Mimno

A programming tactic involving polyhedra is reported that has been widely applied in the polyhedral analysis of (constraint) logic programs. The method enables the computations of convex hulls that are required for polyhedral analysis to be…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Florence Benoy , Andy King , Fred Mesnard

We present a simple and efficient acceleration technique for an arbitrary method for computing the Euclidean projection of a point onto a convex polytope, defined as the convex hull of a finite number of points, in the case when the number…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-28 M. V. Dolgopolik

We consider the problem of estimating curvature where the data can be viewed as a noisy sample from an underlying manifold. For manifolds of dimension greater than one there are multiple definitions of local curvature, each suggesting a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-06 Jiayi Chen , Mohammad Javad Latifi Jebelli , Daniel N. Rockmore

In this article, a new solution for the convex hull problem has been presented. The convex hull is a widely known problem in computational geometry. As nature is a rich source of ideas in the field of algorithms, the solution has been…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-12-26 Sina Saadati , Mohammadreza Razzazi

The Convex Hull algorithm is one of the most important algorithms in computational geometry, with many applications such as in computer graphics, robotics, and data mining. Despite the advances in the new algorithms in this area, it is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Roberto Carrasco , Héctor Ferrada , Cristóbal A. Navarro , Nancy Hitschfeld

The present work investigates the segmentation of textures by formulating it as a strongly convex optimization problem, aiming to favor piecewise constancy of fractal features (local variance and local regularity) widely used to model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-19 Barbara Pascal , Nelly Pustelnik , Patrice Abry

A new approach to the local and global explanation is proposed. It is based on selecting a convex hull constructed for the finite number of points around an explained instance. The convex hull allows us to consider a dual representation of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Andrei V. Konstantinov , Boris V. Kozlov , Stanislav R. Kirpichenko , Lev V. Utkin

The convex hull is a fundamental geometrical structure for many applications where groups of points must be enclosed or represented by a convex polygon. Although efficient sequential convex hull algorithms exist, and are constantly being…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Alan Keith , Héctor Ferrada , Cristóbal A. Navarro

Convex hulls are fundamental geometric tools used in a number of algorithms. This paper presents a fast, simple to implement and robust Smart Convex Hull (S-CH) algorithm for computing the convex hull of a set of points in E3. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-10 Vaclav Skala , Zuzana Majdisova , Michal Smolik

A number of results related to statistical classification on convex sets are presented. In particular, the focus is on the case where some of the covariates in the data and observation being classified can be missing. The form of the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2018-05-02 Levon Demirdjian , Majid Mojirsheibani

Graph-based variational methods have recently shown to be highly competitive for various classification problems of high-dimensional data, but are inherently difficult to handle from an optimization perspective. This paper proposes a convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-17 Egil Bae , Ekaterina Merkurjev

This research proposes an effective vertical clustering strategy of 3D data in an elliptical helical shape based on 2D geometry. The clustering object is an elliptical cross-sectioned metal pipe which is been bended in to an elliptical…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2014-02-10 Wasantha Samarathunga , Masatoshi Seki , Hidenobu Saito , Ken Ichiryu , Yasuhiro Ohyama

It is well known that the convex hull of $\{(x,y,xy)\}$, where $(x,y)$ is constrained to lie in a box, is given by the Reformulation-Linearization Technique (RLT) constraints. Belotti {\em et al.\,}(2010) and Miller {\em et al.\,}(2011)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-16 Kurt M. Anstreicher , Samuel Burer , Kyungchan Park

Finding a good classifier is a multiobjective optimization problem with different error rates and the costs to be minimized. The receiver operating characteristic is widely used in the machine learning community to analyze the performance…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-12-19 Jiaqi Zhao , Vitor Basto Fernandes , Licheng Jiao , Iryna Yevseyeva , Asep Maulana , Rui Li , Thomas Bäck , Michael T. M. Emmerich

The convex hull of a data set $P$ is the smallest convex set that contains $P$. In this work, we present a new data structure for convex hull, that allows for efficient dynamic updates. In a dynamic convex hull implementation, the following…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Emil Toftegaard Gæde , Inge Li Gørtz , Ivor van der Hoog , Christoffer Krogh , Eva Rotenberg

Hyperdimensional (HD) computing is built upon its unique data type referred to as hypervectors. The dimension of these hypervectors is typically in the range of tens of thousands. Proposed to solve cognitive tasks, HD computing aims at…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-08 Lulu Ge , Keshab K. Parhi

Polytopes are the basic finite data structures for convex sets: they appear as feasible regions in linear optimization, as geometric summaries in algorithms, and as random objects in stochastic geometry. A natural geometric question is…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Steven Hoehner