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Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-01 Yongfeng Li , Zaiwen Wen , Chao Yang , Yaxiang Yuan

We study nonconvex finite-sum problems and analyze stochastic variance reduced gradient (SVRG) methods for them. SVRG and related methods have recently surged into prominence for convex optimization given their edge over stochastic gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-06 Sashank J. Reddi , Ahmed Hefny , Suvrit Sra , Barnabas Poczos , Alex Smola

This paper introduces bootstrap multigrid methods for solving eigenvalue problems arising from the discretization of partial differential equations. Inspired by the full bootstrap algebraic multigrid (BAMG) setup algorithm that includes an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-11 James Brannick , Shuhao Cao

We propose an unfitted finite element method for flow in fractured porous media. The coupling across the fracture uses a Nitsche type mortaring, allowing for an accurate representation of the jump in the normal component of the gradient of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-03 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , David Samvin

We propose inertial versions of block coordinate descent methods for solving non-convex non-smooth composite optimization problems. Our methods possess three main advantages compared to current state-of-the-art accelerated first-order…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-03 Le Thi Khanh Hien , Nicolas Gillis , Panagiotis Patrinos

In this paper, a time-periodic MGRIT algorithm is proposed as a means to reduce the time-to-solution of numerical algorithms by exploiting the time periodicity inherent to many applications in science and engineering. The time-periodic…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-01-12 Andreas Hessenthaler , Robert D. Falgout , Jacob B. Schroder , Adelaide de Vecchi , David Nordsletten , Oliver Röhrle

We propose a new stochastic proximal quasi-Newton method for minimizing the sum of two convex functions in the particular context that one of the functions is the average of a large number of smooth functions and the other one is nonsmooth.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Yongcun Song , Zimeng Wang , Xiaoming Yuan , Hangrui Yue

Recently, numerous tensor singular value decomposition (t-SVD)-based tensor recovery methods have shown promise in processing visual data, such as color images and videos. However, these methods often suffer from severe performance…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-07-16 Jingjing Zheng , Wanglong Lu , Wenzhe Wang , Yankai Cao , Xiaoqin Zhang , Xianta Jiang

To address the communication bottleneck challenge in distributed learning, our work introduces a novel two-stage quantization strategy designed to enhance the communication efficiency of distributed Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD). The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-05 Guangfeng Yan , Tan Li , Yuanzhang Xiao , Congduan Li , Linqi Song

The phase-field method has emerged as a powerful tool for simulating fracture mechanics, yet it presents significant numerical challenges, particularly regarding the enforcement of physical constraints such as irreversibility and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Miguel Castillón , Biswajit Khara , Jørgen S. Dokken , Thomas M. Surowiec , Brendan Keith , Yuri Bazilevs

We propose several new nonsmooth Newton methods for solving convex composite optimization problems with polyhedral regularizers, while avoiding the computation of complicated second-order information on these functions. Under the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Tran T. A. Nghia , Nghia V. Vo , Khoa V. H. Vu

In this paper, we propose and study the uniaxial perfectly matched layer (PML) method for three-dimensional time-domain electromagnetic scattering problems, which has a great advantage over the spherical one in dealing with problems…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-04 Changkun Wei , Jiaqing Yang , Bo Zhang

A phase-field description of brittle fracture is employed in the reported four-point bending analyses of monolithic and laminated glass plates. Our aims are: (i) to compare different phase-field fracture formulations applied to thin glass…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-12-30 Jaroslav Schmidt , Alena Zemanová , Jan Zeman , Michal Šejnoha

In this work, we investigate a novel approach for the simulation of two-dimensional, brittle, quasi-static fracture problems based on a shape optimization approach. In contrast to the commonly-used phase-field approach, this proposed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Tim Suchan , Winnifried Wollner , Kathrin Welker

Variational phase-field models of fracture are widely used to simulate nucleation and propagation of cracks in brittle materials. They are based on the approximation of the solutions of free-discontinuity fracture energy by two smooth…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-14 Frederic Marazzato , Blaise Bourdin

This paper develops the proximal method of multipliers for a class of nonsmooth convex optimization. The method generates a sequence of minimization problems (subproblems). We show that the sequence of approximations to the solutions of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-14 Tomoya Takeuchi

For the first time, the non-equilibrium time-relaxation kinetic model (NTRKM) is proposed for compressible turbulence modeling on unresolved grids. Within the non-equilibrium time-relaxation framework, NTRKM is extended in the form of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-12-17 Guiyu Cao , Liang Pan , Kun Xu , Minping Wan , Shiyi Chen

This paper investigates the nonlinear dynamics of Newton's problem of minimal resistance in radial fields. We move beyond classical translational symmetry to analyze two non-equilibrium scenarios: a scale-invariant free expansion and an…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-15 Rafael López

We present a tensor network model (TNM) for forecasting nonlinear and chaotic dynamics, bridging quantum many-body methods with classical complex systems. The TNM leverages hierarchical tensor contractions to encode non-Markovian temporal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Jia-Bin You , Jian Feng Kong , Jun Ye

We propose and analyze an adaptive finite element method for a phase-field model of dynamic brittle fracture. The model couples a second-order hyperbolic equation for elastodynamics with the Ambrosio-Tortorelli regularization of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Ram Manohar , S. M. Mallikarjuaniah