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This paper is devoted to the analysis of a numerical scheme based on the Finite Element Method for approximating the solution of Koiter's model for a linearly elastic elliptic membrane shell subjected to remaining confined in a prescribed…

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In this paper, we consider the problem of minimizing a smooth function, given as finite sum of black-box functions, over a convex set. In order to advantageously exploit the structure of the problem, for instance when the terms of the…

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For a class of sparse optimization problems with the penalty function of $\|(\cdot)_+\|_0$, we first characterize its local minimizers and then propose an extrapolated hard thresholding algorithm to solve such problems. We show that the…

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We introduce the technique of adaptive discretization to design an efficient model-based episodic reinforcement learning algorithm in large (potentially continuous) state-action spaces. Our algorithm is based on optimistic one-step value…

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We consider mixed-integer optimal control problems with combinatorial constraints that couple over time such as minimum dwell times. We analyze a lifting and decomposition approach into a mixed-integer optimal control problem without…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Simone Göttlich , Falk M. Hante , Andreas Potschka , Lars Schewe

In this paper a fourth order finite difference ghost point method for the Poisson equation on regular Cartesian mesh is presented. The method can be considered the high order extension of the second ghost method introduced earlier by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Armando Coco , Giovanni Russo

We propose a new geometrically unfitted finite element method based on discontinuous Trefftz ansatz spaces. Trefftz methods allow for a reduction in the number of degrees of freedom in discontinuous Galerkin methods, thereby, the costs for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Fabian Heimann , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Paul Stocker , Henry von Wahl

We consider minimization problems with structured objective function and smooth constraints, and present a flexible framework that combines the beneficial regularization effects of (exact) penalty and interior-point methods. In the fully…

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Penalty fluxes are dissipative numerical fluxes for high order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods which depend on a penalization parameter. We investigate the dependence of the spectra of high order DG discretizations on this parameter,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-23 Jesse Chan , T. Warburton

Motivated by applications to numerical simulation of flows in highly heterogeneous porous media, we develop multiscale finite element methods for second order elliptic equations. We discuss a multiscale model reduction technique in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-15 Y. Efendiev , J. Galvis , R. Lazarov , M. Moon , M. Sarkis

In this paper, we present a study on the effect of penalty term in the mixed Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for the biharmonic equation proposed by \cite{gudi2008mixed}. The proposed mixed Discontinuous Galerkin Method showed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-25 K Balaje , P Danumjaya

We analyze optimal complexity of adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for general second-order linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) in the Lax-Milgram setting. To this end, we formulate an adaptive algorithm which steers…

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Optimal control problems including partial differential equation (PDE) as well as integer constraints merge the combinatorial difficulties of integer programming and the challenges related to large-scale systems resulting from discretized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-09 Dominik Garmatter , Margherita Porcelli , Francesco Rinaldi , Martin Stoll

The paper introduces a finite element method for an Eulerian formulation of partial differential equations governing the transport and diffusion of a scalar quantity in a time-dependent domain. The method follows the idea from Lehrenfeld &…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-26 Maxim Olshanskii , Henry von Wahl

In this paper we consider sparse approximation problems, that is, general $l_0$ minimization problems with the $l_0$-"norm" of a vector being a part of constraints or objective function. In particular, we first study the first-order…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-05-31 Zhaosong Lu , Yong Zhang

Motivated by many applications in complex domains with boundaries exposed to large topological changes or deformations, fictitious domain methods regard the actual domain of interest as being embedded in a fixed Cartesian background. This…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Georgios Katsouleas , Efthymios N. Karatzas , Fotios Travlopanos

For minimizing a strongly convex objective function subject to linear inequality constraints, we consider a penalty approach that allows one to utilize stochastic methods for problems with a large number of constraints and/or objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Meng Li , Paul Grigas , Alper Atamturk

This paper aims to study the convergence of adaptive finite element method for control constrained elliptic optimal control problems under $L^2$-norm. We prove the contraction property and quasi-optimal complexity for the $L^2$-norm errors…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-16 Wei Gong , Ningning Yan , Zhaojie Zhou

Stochastic versions of proximal methods have gained much attention in statistics and machine learning. These algorithms tend to admit simple, scalable forms, and enjoy numerical stability via implicit updates. In this work, we propose and…

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