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We introduce a distributionally robust maximum likelihood estimation model with a Wasserstein ambiguity set to infer the inverse covariance matrix of a $p$-dimensional Gaussian random vector from $n$ independent samples. The proposed model…

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Simulations of the dynamics generated by partial differential equations (PDEs) provide approximate, numerical solutions to initial value problems. Such simulations are ubiquitous in scientific computing, but the correctness of the results…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Jan Bouwe van den Berg , Maxime Breden

We derive the adjoint path-kernel method for computing parameter-gradients (linear responses) of SDEs. Its cost is almost independent of the number of parameters, and it works for non-hyperbolic systems with parameter-controlled…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Angxiu Ni

The maximum entropy principle is a powerful tool for solving underdetermined inverse problems. This paper considers the problem of discretizing a continuous distribution, which arises in various applied fields. We obtain the approximating…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-05 Ken'ichiro Tanaka , Alexis Akira Toda

This work focuses on the development of a new class of high-order accurate methods for multirate time integration of systems of ordinary differential equations. The proposed methods are based on a specific subset of explicit one-step…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-16 Vu Thai Luan , Rujeko Chinomona , Daniel R. Reynolds

Causal inference requires evaluating models on balanced distributions between treatment and control groups, while training data often exhibits imbalance due to historical decision-making policies. Most conventional statistical methods…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-11-21 Akira Tanimoto

This paper considers the distributed smooth optimization problem in which the objective is to minimize a global cost function formed by a sum of local smooth cost functions, by using local information exchange. The standard assumption for…

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In this work, we adopt Wyner common information framework for unsupervised multi-view representation learning. Within this framework, we propose two novel formulations that enable the development of computational efficient solvers based on…

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We consider the numerical approximation of a general second order semi--linear parabolic stochastic partial differential equation (SPDEs) driven by space-time noise, for multiplicative and additive noise. We examine convergence of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Gabriel J Lord , Antoine Tambue

Classical and new numerical schemes are generated using evolutionary computing. Differential Evolution is used to find the coefficients of finite difference approximations of function derivatives, and of single and multi-step integration…

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We present a new efficient analytical approximation scheme to two-point boundary value problems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) adapted to the study of the derivative expansion of the exact renormalization group equations. It is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Bervillier , B. Boisseau , H. Giacomini

We consider the problem of solving linear least squares problems in a framework where only evaluations of the linear map are possible. We derive randomized methods that do not need any other matrix operations than forward evaluations,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-15 Dirk A. Lorenz , Felix Schneppe , Lionel Tondji

We introduced and analyzed robust recovery-based a posteriori error estimators for various lower order finite element approximations to interface problems in [9, 10], where the recoveries of the flux and/or gradient are implicit (i.e.,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-17 Zhiqiang Cai , Shun Zhang

Different variants of approximate inverse iteration like the locally optimal block preconditioned conjugate gradient method became in recent years increasingly popular for the solution of the large matrix eigenvalue problems arising from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Harry Yserentant

Multidisciplinary engineering system design typically employs a sequential process, progressing from system dynamics to design variables and control. However, this process is inefficient and may lead to a suboptimal design. We propose…

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Often, when solving forward, inverse or data assimilation problems, only a part of the solution is needed. As a model, we consider the stationary diffusion problem. We demonstrate an algorithm that can compute only a part or a functional of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-06 Alexander Litvinenko

In this work, we present a numerical solver for optimal control problems constrained by linear and semi-linear second-order elliptic PDEs. The approach is based on recasting the problem and includes an extension of Uzawa's algorithm to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-24 Charalambos G. Makridakis , Aaron Pim , Tristan Pryer

In this paper, an efficient parallel splitting method is proposed for the optimal control problem with parabolic equation constraints. The linear finite element is used to approximate the state variable and the control variable in spatial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-21 Haiming Song , Jiachuan Zhang , Yongle Hao

Additive regression models have a long history in multivariate nonparametric regression. They provide a model in which each regression function depends only on a single explanatory variable allowing to obtain estimators at the optimal…

Methodology · Statistics 2015-09-16 Graciela Boente , Alejandra Martinez