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This paper presents an algorithmic study of a class of covering mixed-integer linear programming problems which encompasses classic cover problems, including multidimensional knapsack, facility location and supplier selection problems. We…

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We consider accelerated versions of the operator Sinkhorn iteration (OSI) for solving scaling problems for completely positive maps. Based on the interpretation of OSI as alternating fixed point iteration, it has been recently proposed to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-16 Henrik Eisenmann , Tasuku Soma , Xun Tang , André Uschmajew

The matching problem between two adjacency matrices can be formulated as the NP-hard quadratic assignment problem (QAP). Previous work on semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxations to the QAP have produced solutions that are often tight in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-29 Jose F. S. Bravo Ferreira , Yuehaw Khoo , Amit Singer

The goal of this paper is to study approaches to bridge the gap between first-order and second-order type methods for composite convex programs. Our key observations are: i) Many well-known operator splitting methods, such as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-27 Xiantao Xiao , Yongfeng Li , Zaiwen Wen , Liwei Zhang

To solve distributed optimization efficiently with various constraints and nonsmooth functions, we propose a distributed mirror descent algorithm with embedded Bregman damping, as a generalization of conventional distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-30 Guanpu Chen , Weijian Li , Gehui Xu , Yiguang Hong

Matrix scaling problems with sparse cost matrices arise frequently in various domains, such as optimal transport, image processing, and machine learning. The Sinkhorn-Knopp algorithm is a popular iterative method for solving these problems,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Jose Rafael Espinosa Mena

We present an accelerated relax-and-round algorithm for concave coverage problems, which generalize the classic maximum coverage problem. Building on the relax-and-round framework of Barman et al. [STACS 2021], we propose two significant…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Matthew Fahrbach , Mehraneh Liaee , Morteza Zadimoghaddam

Doubly-stochastic attention has emerged as a transport-based alternative to row-softmax attention, with recent Transformer variants using it to reduce attention sinks and rank collapse while improving performance. In this family, the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Huy Tran , Max Milkert , David Hyde

Motivated by applications in optimization and machine learning, we consider stochastic quasi-Newton (SQN) methods for solving stochastic optimization problems. In the literature, the convergence analysis of these algorithms relies on strong…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-16 Farzad Yousefian , Angelia Nedić , Uday V. Shanbha

The problems of determining the optimal power allocation, within maximum power bounds, to (i) maximize the minimum Shannon capacity, and (ii) minimize the weighted latency are considered. In the first case, the global optima can be achieved…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-15 Shravan Mohan

Solving large scale entropic optimal transport problems with the Sinkhorn algorithm remains challenging, and domain decomposition has been shown to be an efficient strategy for problems on large grids. Unbalanced optimal transport is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Ismael Medina , The Sang Nguyen , Bernhard Schmitzer

An important objective in scheduling literature is to minimize the sum of weighted flow times. We are given a set of jobs where each job is characterized by a release time, a processing time, and a weight. Our goal is to find a preemptive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Alexander Armbruster , Lars Rohwedder , Andreas Wiese

Recent advancements in quantum computing and quantum-inspired algorithms have sparked renewed interest in binary optimization. These hardware and software innovations promise to revolutionize solution times for complex problems. In this…

In this paper, we propose and analyze an accelerated linearized Bregman (ALB) method for solving the basis pursuit and related sparse optimization problems. This accelerated algorithm is based on the fact that the linearized Bregman (LB)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-06-28 Bo Huang , Shiqian Ma , Donald Goldfarb

Graph matching, typically formulated as a Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP), seeks to establish node correspondences between two graphs. To address the NP-hardness of QAP, some existing methods adopt projection-based relaxations that embed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Binrui Shen , Yuan Liang , Shengxin Zhu

Polynomial optimization problems (POPs) can be reformulated as geometric convex conic programs, as shown by Kim, Kojima, and Toh (SIOPT 30:1251-1273, 2020), though such formulations remain NP-hard. In this work, we prove that several…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Di Hou , Tianyun Tang , Kim-Chuan Toh

In this paper, we propose a new primal-dual algorithmic framework for a class of convex-concave saddle point problems frequently arising from image processing and machine learning. Our algorithmic framework updates the primal variable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-03 Hongjin He , Kai Wang , Jintao Yu

In this paper we address the problem of recovering a matrix, with inherent low rank structure, from its lower dimensional projections. This problem is frequently encountered in wide range of areas including pattern recognition, wireless…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2013-12-25 Anupriya Gogna , Ankita Shukla , Angshul Majumdar

Modern statistical applications often involve minimizing an objective function that may be nonsmooth and/or nonconvex. This paper focuses on a broad Bregman-surrogate algorithm framework including the local linear approximation, mirror…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-20 Yiyuan She , Zhifeng Wang , Jiuwu Jin

Stochastic convex optimization problems with nonlinear functional constraints are ubiquitous in signal processing applications including constrained least-squares, set-membership adaptive filtering, and trajectory optimization under…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Panchajanya Sanyal , Srujan Teja Thomdapu , Ketan Rajawat