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In this paper, we discuss the problem of minimizing the sum of two convex functions: a smooth function plus a non-smooth function. Further, the smooth part can be expressed by the average of a large number of smooth component functions, and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Luo Luo , Zihao Chen , Zhihua Zhang , Wu-Jun Li

This work aims to solve a stochastic nonconvex nonsmooth composite optimization problem. Previous works on composite optimization problem requires the major part to satisfy Lipschitz smoothness or some relaxed smoothness conditions, which…

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In this article, we formulate a monolithic optimal control method for general time-dependent Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) systems with large solid deformation. We consider a displacement-tracking type of objective with a constraint of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Yongxing Wang

We analyze convergence rates of stochastic optimization procedures for non-smooth convex optimization problems. By combining randomized smoothing techniques with accelerated gradient methods, we obtain convergence rates of stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-04-10 John C. Duchi , Peter L. Bartlett , Martin J. Wainwright

In this paper, we consider a class of nonsmooth sum-of-ratios fractional optimization problems with block structure. This model class is ubiquitous and encompasses several important nonsmooth optimization problems in the literature. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-22 Radu Ioan Boţ , Minh N. Dao , Guoyin Li

In this paper, we investigate the asymptotic properties of a particular class of state-dependent sweeping processes. While extensive research has been conducted on the existence and uniqueness of solutions for sweeping processes, there is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-23 Samir Adly , Monica G. Cojocaru , Ba Khiet Le

We present a brief history of quasicrystals and a short introduction to classical lattice-gas models of interacting particles. We discuss stability of non-periodic tilings and one-dimensional sequences of symbols seen as ground states of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Jacek Miȩkisz

The quasi-variational inequalities play a significant role in analyzing a wide range of real-world problems. However, these problems are more complicated to solve than variational inequalities as the constraint set is based on the current…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Asrifa Sultana , Shivani Valecha

In this manuscript, we propose a general proximal quasi-Newton method tailored for nonconvex and nonsmooth optimization problems, where we do not require the sequence of the variable metric (or Hessian approximation) to be uniformly bounded…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Xiaoxi Jia

In this paper, we study neural networks from the point of view of nonsmooth optimisation, namely, quasidifferential calculus. We restrict ourselves to the case of uniform approximation by a neural network without hidden layers, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Vinesha Peiris , Nadezda Sukhorukova

A highly accurate, single-pass, unbiased frictional contact algorithm for higher-order elements based on the concept of midplane is presented. Higher-order elements offer a lucrative choice for contact problems as they can better represent…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-06-30 Indrajeet Sahu , Nik Petrinic

We consider a quasi-variational inequality governed by a moving set. We employ the assumption that the movement of the set has a small Lipschitz constant. Under this requirement, we show that the quasi-variational inequality has a unique…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-09 Gerd Wachsmuth

A fractured poroelastic body is considered where the opening of the fractures is governed by a nonpenetration law while slip is described by a Coulomb-type friction law. This physical model results in a nonlinear variational inequality…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-26 Runar L. Berge , Inga Berre , Eirik Keilegavlen , Jan M. Nordbotten , Barbara Wohlmuth

In this paper, we study a nonsmooth/nonconvex multiobjective optimization problem with uncertain constraints in arbitrary Asplund spaces. We first provide necessary optimality condition in a fuzzy form for approximate weakly robust…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-16 Maryam Saadati , Morteza Oveisiha

The prevailing models for advancing dynamic contact angle are under intensive debates, and the fitting performances are far from satisfying in practice. The present study proposes a model based on the recent understanding of the multi-scale…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-02-05 Hao Wang , Lei Chen

This technical report provides an in-depth evaluation of both established and state-of-the-art methods for simulating constrained rigid multi-body systems with hard-contact dynamics, using formulations of Nonlinear Complementarity Problems…

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This paper details a novel indirect method for solving constrained optimal control problems (OCPs) directly in continuous-time function space. The KKT conditions are embedded in a non-smooth complementarity function, which enables their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Simon J. Jones , Dominic Liao-McPherson , Marco M. Nicotra

This survey on stationary and evolutionary problems with gradient constraints is based on developments of monotonicity and compactness methods applied to large classes of scalar and vectorial solutions to variational and quasi-variational…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-07 José Francisco Rodrigues , Lisa Santos

The computational modeling of many engineering problems using the Finite Element method involves the modeling of two or more bodies that meet through an interface. The interface can be physical, as in multi-physics and contact problems, or…

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