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In this paper, we present new convex relaxations for nonconvex quadratically constrained quadratic programming (QCQP) problems. While recent research has focused on strengthening convex relaxations using reformulation-linearization…

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In this work we study convex relaxations of quadratic optimisation problems over permutation matrices. While existing semidefinite programming approaches can achieve remarkably tight relaxations, they have the strong disadvantage that they…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-01 Florian Bernard , Christian Theobalt , Michael Moeller

Recent advances in the efficiency and robustness of algorithms solving convex quadratically constrained quadratic programming (QCQP) problems motivate developing techniques for creating convex quadratic relaxations that, although more…

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We present a general convex relaxation approach to study a wide class of Unbalanced Optimal Transport problems for finite non-negative measures with possibly different masses. These are obtained as the lower semicontinuous and convex…

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This paper introduces a discrete relaxation for the class of combinatorial optimization problems which can be described by a set partitioning formulation under packing constraints. We present two combinatorial relaxations based on computing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Phillippe Samer , Evellyn Cavalcante , Sebastián Urrutia , Johan Oppen

We first formulate the problem of optimally scheduling air traffic low with sector capacity constraints as a mixed integer linear program. We then use semidefinite relaxation techniques to form a convex relaxation of that problem. Finally,…

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Solving optimal control problems (OCPs) of autonomous agents operating under spatial and temporal constraints fast and accurately is essential in applications ranging from eco-driving of autonomous vehicles to quadrotor navigation. However,…

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Binary tomography is concerned with the recovery of binary images from a few of their projections (i.e., sums of the pixel values along various directions). To reconstruct an image from noisy projection data, one can pose it as a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-17 Ajinkya Kadu , Tristan van Leeuwen

Aircraft conflict resolution is one of the major tasks of computer-aided air traffic management and represents a challenging optimization problem. Many models and methods have been proposed to assist trajectory regulation to avoid…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Mercedes Pelegrin , Martina Cerulli

This paper presents a convex optimization-based method for finding the globally optimal solutions of a class of mixed-integer non-convex optimal control problems. We consider problems that are non-convex in the input norm, which is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-20 Danylo Malyuta , Michael Szmuk , Behcet Acikmese

Standard quadratic optimization problems (StQPs) provide a versatile modelling tool in various applications. In this paper, we consider StQPs with a hard sparsity constraint, referred to as sparse StQPs. We focus on various tractable convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-09 Immanuel Bomze , Bo Peng , Yuzhou Qiu , E. Alper Yıldırım

Relying on the co-area formula, an exact relaxation framework for minimizing objectives involving the total variation of a binary valued function (of bounded variation) is presented. The underlying problem class covers many important…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-30 Martin Burger , Yiqiu Dong , Michael Hintermüller

Quadratic constrained quadratic programming problems often occur in various fields such as engineering practice, management science, and network communication. This article mainly studies a non convex quadratic programming problem with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-29 Bo Zhang , YueLin Gao , Xia Liu , XiaoLi Huang

We consider optimal control problems for partial differential equations where the controls take binary values but vary over the time horizon, they can thus be seen as dynamic switches. The switching patterns may be subject to combinatorial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Christoph Buchheim , Alexandra Grütering , Christian Meyer

Expansion of natural gas networks is a critical process involving substantial capital expenditures with complex decision-support requirements. Given the non-convex nature of gas transmission constraints, global optimality and infeasibility…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2015-06-25 Conrado Borraz-Sanchez , Russell Bent , Scott Backhaus , Hassan Hijazi , Pascal Van Hentenryck

Optimization problems with convex quadratic cost and polyhedral constraints are ubiquitous in signal processing, automatic control and decision-making. We consider here an enlarged problem class that allows to encode logical conditions and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Alberto De Marchi

In order to improve the communication of the UAV network when the UAV formation in a complex military mission environment. This paper proposed formation reconfiguration strategy under complexities mission environment. We take the problem of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-13 Hu Jin

Conjunction analysis and maneuver planning for spacecraft collision avoidance remains a manual and time-consuming process, typically involving repeated forward simulations of hand-designed maneuvers. With the growing density of satellites…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Fausto Vega , Jon Arrizabalaga , Ryan Watson , Zachary Manchester

We study relaxations for linear programs with complementarity constraints, especially instances whose complementary pairs of variables are not independent. Our formulation is based on identifying vertex covers of the conflict graph of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-03 Alberto Del Pia , Jeff Linderoth , Haoran Zhu

This article considers nonconvex global optimization problems subject to uncertainties described by continuous random variables. Such problems arise in chemical process design, renewable energy systems, stochastic model predictive control,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-27 Yuanxun Shao , Joseph Kirk Scott