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Over the past years a theory of conjugate duality for set-valued functions that map into the set of upper closed subsets of a preordered topological vector space was developed. For scalar duality theory, continuity of convex functions plays…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-03-13 Frank Heyde , Carola Schrage

We introduce an extension of the Optimal Transport problem when multiple costs are involved. Considering each cost as an agent, we aim to share equally between agents the work of transporting one distribution to another. To do so, we…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-02-26 Meyer Scetbon , Laurent Meunier , Jamal Atif , Marco Cuturi

We study the geometry of convex optimization problems given in a Domain-Driven form and categorize possible statuses of these problems using duality theory. Our duality theory for the Domain-Driven form, which accepts both conic and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-23 Mehdi Karimi , Levent Tunçel

We study geometric duality for convex vector optimization problems. For a primal problem with a $q$-dimensional objective space, we formulate a dual problem with a $(q+1)$-dimensional objective space. Consequently, different from an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-27 Çağın Ararat , Simay Tekgül , Firdevs Ulus

The discretization of optimal transport problems often leads to large linear programs with sparse solutions. We derive error estimates for the approximation of the problem using convex combinations of Dirac measures and devise an active-set…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-16 Sören Bartels , Stephan Hertzog

Inspired by the matching of supply to demand in logistical problems, the optimal transport (or Monge--Kantorovich) problem involves the matching of probability distributions defined over a geometric domain such as a surface or manifold. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-02 Justin Solomon

This paper presents an algorithm to solve non-convex optimal control problems, where non-convexity can arise from nonlinear dynamics, and non-convex state and control constraints. This paper assumes that the state and control constraints…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-05 Yuanqi Mao , Michael Szmuk , Behcet Acikmese

In this article we develop a new primal dual variational formulation suitable for a large class of non-convex problems in the calculus of variations. The results are obtained through basic tools of convex analysis, duality theory, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-05 Fabio Botelho

In this work we derive a convex dual representation for increasing convex functionals on a space of real-valued Borel measurable functions defined on a countable product of metric spaces. Our main assumption is that the functionals fulfill…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-22 Daniel Bartl , Patrick Cheridito , Michael Kupper , Ludovic Tangpi

It is well-known that the optimal transport problem on the real line for the classical distance cost may not have a unique solution. In this paper we recover uniqueness by considering the transport problems where the costs are a power…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-07-02 Nicolas Juillet

Some optimization or equilibrium problems involving somehow the concept of optimal transport are presented in these notes, mainly devoted to applications to economic and game theory settings. A variant model of transport, taking into…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2010-09-21 Filippo Santambrogio

This is our first paper on the extension of our recent work on the Lax-Oleinik commutators and its applications to the intrinsic approach of propagation of singularities of the viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-07 Wei Cheng , Jiahui Hong , Tianqi Shi

One of the most important optimality conditions to aid to solve a vector optimization problem is the first-order necessary optimality condition that generalizes the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker condition. However, to obtain the sufficient optimality…

In this paper, we provide conditions under which one can take derivatives of the solution to convex optimization problems with respect to problem data. These conditions are (roughly) that Slater's condition holds, the functions involved are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-13 Shane Barratt

Composite functions have been studied for over 40 years and appear in a wide range of optimization problems. Convex analysis of these functions focuses on (i) conditions for convexity of the function based on properties of its components,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-19 Juan Pablo Vielma

We study distributed convex optimization with two ubiquitous forms of coupling: consensus constraints and global affine equalities. We first design a linearized method of multipliers for the consensus optimization problem. Without…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Chenyang Qiu , Zongli Lin

Current state-of-the-art methods for solving discrete optimization problems are usually restricted to convex settings. In this paper, we propose a general approach based on cutting planes for solving nonlinear, possibly nonconvex, binary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-21 Hoa T. Bui , Qun Lin , Ryan Loxton

Optimal Transport is a foundational mathematical theory that connects optimization, partial differential equations, and probability. It offers a powerful framework for comparing probability distributions and has recently become an important…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-05-13 Gabriel Peyré

We study conjugate and Lagrange dualities for composite optimization problems within the framework of abstract convexity. We provide conditions for zero duality gap in conjugate duality. For Lagrange duality, intersection property is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-07 The Hung Tran , Ewa Bednarczuk

This paper mainly focuses on solving the dynamic optimization of the planar controlled crowd motion models with obstacles which is an application of a class of optimal control problems governed by a general perturbed nonconvex sweeping…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-09 Tan Cao , Boris Mordukhovich , Dao Nguyen , Trang Nguyen