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This paper presents a novel factor graph-based approach to solve the discrete-time finite-horizon Linear Quadratic Regulator problem subject to auxiliary linear equality constraints within and across time steps. We represent such optimal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-27 Shuo Yang , Gerry Chen , Yetong Zhang , Howie Choset , Frank Dellaert

We prove the existence of a weak global in time mean curvature flow of a bounded partition of space using the method of minimizing movements. The result is extended to the case when suitable driving forces are present. We also prove some…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-17 Giovanni Bellettini , Shokhrukh Yusufovich Kholmatov

In this paper, we show how to study the evolution of a system, given imprecise knowledge about the state of the system and the dynamics laws. Our approach is based on Fuzzy Set Theory, and it will be shown that the \emph{Fuzzy Dynamics} of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2015-06-19 Uziel Sandler

Our work is motivated by a desire to study the theoretical underpinning for the convergence of stochastic gradient type algorithms widely used for non-convex learning tasks such as training of neural networks. The key insight, already…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-12-15 Kaitong Hu , Zhenjie Ren , David Siska , Lukasz Szpruch

We prove the stability of entropy solutions of nonlinear conservation laws with respect to perturbations of the initial datum, the space-time dependent flux and the entropy inequalities. Such a general stability theorem is motivated by the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-07 Elio Marconi , Emanuela Radici , Federico Stra

The profile-based matching problem is the problem of finding a matching that optimizes profile from an instance $(G, r, \langle u_1, \dots, u_r \rangle)$, where $G$ is a bipartite graph $(A \cup B, E)$, $r$ is the number of utility…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Seongbeom Park

We study the fundamental computational problem of approximating optimal transport (OT) equations using neural differential equations (Neural ODEs). More specifically, we develop a novel framework for approximating unbalanced optimal…

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This note presents an analytic construction of the optimal unit-norm direction hat(x) = x/|x| that maximizes or minimizes the objective linear expression, B . hat(x), subject to a system of linear constraints of the form [A] . x = 0, where…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-09-23 John Ellis , Jae Sik Lee , Apostolos Pilaftsis

The problem of minimizing a separable convex function under linearly coupled constraints arises from various application domains such as economic systems, distributed control, and network flow. The main challenge for solving this problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Qin Fan , Min Xu , Yiming Ying

We present the theoretical study on non-equilibrium (NEQ) fluctuations for diffusion dynamics in high dimensions driven by a linear drift force. We consider a general situation in which NEQ is caused by two conditions: (i) drift force not…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-29 Chulan Kwon , Jae Dong Noh , Hyunggyu Park

We consider the general problem of finding the minimum weight $\bm$-matching on arbitrary graphs. We prove that, whenever the linear programming (LP) relaxation of the problem has no fractional solutions, then the belief propagation (BP)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-13 Mohsen Bayati , Christian Borgs , Jennifer Chayes , Riccardo Zecchina

It is by now well-known that one can recover a potential in the wave equation from the knowledge of the initial waves, the boundary data and the flux on a part of the boundary satisfying the Gamma-conditions of J.-L. Lions. We are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-10-21 Lucie Baudouin , Sylvain Ervedoza

We reconsider the geometrically nonlinear Cosserat model for a uniformly convex elastic energy and write the equilibrium problem as a minimization problem. Applying the direct methods of the calculus of variations we show the existence of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-16 Patrizio Neff , Mircea Bîrsan , Frank Osterbrink

We study the uniqueness and regularity of minimizing movements solutions of a droplet model in the case of piecewise monotone forcing. We show that such solutions evolve uniquely on each interval of monotonicity, but branching…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-29 Carson Collins , William M Feldman

This paper develops a time-inconsistent and path-dependent singular control framework incorporating a running minimum process. We derive a verification theorem that characterizes equilibria under substantially weaker regularity conditions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Rui Dai , Guohui Guan , Zongxia Liang , Xiaodong Luo

In recent years, the nuclear norm minimization (NNM) problem has been attracting much attention in computer vision and machine learning. The NNM problem is capitalized on its convexity and it can be solved efficiently. The standard nuclear…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-05-26 Qi Xie , Deyu Meng , Shuhang Gu , Lei Zhang , Wangmeng Zuo , Xiangchu Feng , Zongben Xu

We study the problem of chasing positive bodies in $\ell_1$: given a sequence of bodies $K_{t}=\{x^{t}\in\mathbb{R}_{+}^{n}\mid C^{t}x^{t}\geq 1,P^{t}x^{t}\leq 1\}$ revealed online, where $C^{t}$ and $P^{t}$ are nonnegative matrices, the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Sayan Bhattacharya , Niv Buchbinder , Roie Levin , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We investigate the time-asymptotic properties of solutions of the differential equation x''(t) + a(t)x'(t) + g(x(t)) = 0 in a Hilbert space, where a(.) is non-increasing and g is the gradient of a potential G. If the coefficient a(.) is…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-10-08 Alexandre Cabot , Hans Engler , Sebastien Gadat

Finite elasticity problems commonly include material and geometric nonlinearities and are solved using various numerical methods. However, for highly nonlinear problems, achieving convergence is relatively difficult and requires small load…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Yue Mei , Daniel E. Hurtado , Sanjay Pant , Ankush Aggarwal