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In contrast with many other convex optimization classes, state-of-the-art semidefinite programming solvers are yet unable to efficiently solve large scale instances. This work aims to reduce this scalability gap by proposing a novel…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-20 Mario Souto , Joaquim D. Garcia , Alvaro Veiga

Linear programming (LP) is an extremely useful tool and has been successfully applied to solve various problems in a wide range of areas, including operations research, engineering, economics, or even more abstract mathematical areas such…

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We present a novel relaxation framework for general mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) grounded in computational geometry. Our approach constructs polyhedral relaxations by convexifying finite sets of strategically chosen points,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Haisheng Zhu , Taotao He , Mohit Tawarmalani

Projected Gradient Descent denotes a class of iterative methods for solving optimization programs. Its applicability to convex optimization programs has gained significant popularity for its intuitive implementation that involves only…

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This paper introduces scalable, sampling-based algorithms that optimize trained neural networks with ReLU activations. We first propose an iterative algorithm that takes advantage of the piecewise linear structure of ReLU neural networks…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-07 Georgia Perakis , Asterios Tsiourvas

In optimization-based image restoration models, the correct selection of hyperparameters is crucial for achieving superior performance. However, current research typically involves manual tuning of these hyperparameters, which is highly…

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For over ten years, the constraint integer programming framework SCIP has been extended by capabilities for the solution of convex and nonconvex mixed-integer nonlinear programs (MINLPs). With the recently published version 8.0, these…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-03 Ksenia Bestuzheva , Antonia Chmiela , Benjamin Müller , Felipe Serrano , Stefan Vigerske , Fabian Wegscheider

Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) plays an important role across a range of scientific disciplines and within areas of strategic importance to society. The MILP problems, however, suffer from combinatorial complexity. Because of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-06 Mikhail A. Bragin , Emily L. Tucker

Cutting plane methods are a fundamental approach for solving integer linear programs (ILPs). In each iteration of such methods, additional linear constraints (cuts) are introduced to the constraint set with the aim of excluding the previous…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-28 Pol Puigdemont , Stratis Skoulakis , Grigorios Chrysos , Volkan Cevher

Linear programming (LP) relaxations are widely employed in exact solution methods for multilinear programs (MLP). One example is the family of Recursive McCormick Linearization (RML) strategies, where bilinear products are substituted for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Arvind U Raghunathan , Carlos Cardonha , David Bergman , Carlos J Nohra

Binary (0-1) integer programming (BIP) is pivotal in scientific domains requiring discrete decision-making. As the advance of AI computing, recent works explore neural network-based solvers for integer linear programming (ILP) problems.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Sen Bai , Chunqi Yang , Xin Bai , Xin Zhang , Zhengang Jiang

We propose the formulation of convex Generalized Disjunctive Programming (GDP) problems using conic inequalities leading to conic GDP problems. We then show the reformulation of conic GDPs into Mixed-Integer Conic Programming (MICP)…

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This paper introduces an improved recursive algorithm to generate the set of all nondominated objective vectors for the Multi-Objective Integer Programming (MOIP) problem. We significantly improve the earlier recursive algorithm of \"Ozlen…

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We propose a novel solution framework for inverse mixed-integer optimization based on analytic center concepts from interior point methods. We characterize the optimality gap of a given solution, provide structural results, and propose…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Samir Elhedhli , Göksu Ece Okur

This paper presents an efficient gradient projection-based method for structural topological optimization problems characterized by a nonlinear objective function which is minimized over a feasible region defined by bilateral bounds and a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Zhi Zeng , Fulei Ma

Bilevel programming has recently received attention in the literature due to its wide range of applications, including reinforcement learning and hyper-parameter optimization. However, it is widely assumed that the underlying bilevel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Parvin Nazari , Ahmad Mousavi , Davoud Ataee Tarzanagh , George Michailidis

This paper presents a novel hybrid approach that integrates linear programming (LP) within the loss function of an unsupervised machine learning model. By leveraging the strengths of both optimization techniques and machine learning, this…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-21 Andrew Kiruluta , Andreas Lemos

Parallel and cyclic projection algorithms are proposed for minimizing the sum of a finite family of convex functions over the intersection of a finite family of closed convex subsets of a Hilbert space. These algorithms are of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Hong-Kun Xu , Vera Roshchina

We consider simple bilevel optimization problems where the goal is to compute among the optimal solutions of a composite convex optimization problem, one that minimizes a secondary objective function. Our main contribution is threefold. (i)…

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