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This paper investigates projection-free algorithms for stochastic constrained multi-level optimization. In this context, the objective function is a nested composition of several smooth functions, and the decision set is closed and convex.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-07 Wei Jiang , Sifan Yang , Wenhao Yang , Yibo Wang , Yuanyu Wan , Lijun Zhang

Bayesian optimization offers a flexible framework to optimize an objective function that is expensive to be evaluated. A Bayesian optimizer iteratively queries the function values on its carefully selected points. Subsequently, it makes a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-25 Yang Li , Yaqiang Yao

Recent works have developed new projection-free first-order methods based on utilizing linesearches and normal vector computations to maintain feasibility. These oracles can be cheaper than orthogonal projection or linear optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Thabo Samakhoana , Benjamin Grimmer

In constrained convex optimization, existing methods based on the ellipsoid or cutting plane method do not scale well with the dimension of the ambient space. Alternative approaches such as Projected Gradient Descent only provide a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-11 Zakaria Mhammedi

Autonomous navigation often requires the simultaneous optimization of multiple objectives. The most common approach scalarizes these into a single cost function using a weighted sum, but this method is unable to find all possible trade-offs…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Krishna Kalavadia , Shamak Dutta , Yash Vardhan Pant , Stephen L. Smith

We propose an inexact infeasible arc-search interior-point method for solving linear optimization problems. The method combines an arc-search strategy with inexact solutions to Newton systems and admits a polynomial iteration complexity…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Einosuke Iida , Makoto Yamashita

Optimization algorithms such as projected Newton's method, FISTA, mirror descent, and its variants enjoy near-optimal regret bounds and convergence rates, but suffer from a computational bottleneck of computing ``projections'' in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Jai Moondra , Hassan Mortagy , Swati Gupta

We develop an approach for solving rooted orienteering problems with category constraints as found in tourist trip planning and logistics. It is based on expanding partial solutions in a systematic way, prioritizing promising ones, which…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-02-15 Paolo Bolzoni , Sven Helmer

The aim of this paper is to derive convergence results for projected line-search methods on the real-algebraic variety $\mathcal{M}_{\le k}$ of real $m \times n$ matrices of rank at most $k$. Such methods extend Riemannian optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-04-23 Reinhold Schneider , André Uschmajew

In this article, we develop an efficient algorithm based on three special variants of the nonlinear conjugate gradient method, namely, the Polak--Ribiere--Polyak, Hestenes--Stiefel, and Liu--Story schemes for computing Pareto critical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Tapas Mondal , Debdulal Ghosh , Zai-Yun Peng , Yong Zhao

We present an adaptive step-size method, which does not include line-search techniques, for solving a wide class of nonconvex multiobjective programming problems on an unbounded constraint set. We also prove convergence of a general…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Nguyen Anh Minh , Le Dung Muu , Tran Ngoc Thang

The Frank-Wolfe (FW) method is a popular algorithm for solving large-scale convex optimization problems appearing in structured statistical learning. However, the traditional Frank-Wolfe method can only be applied when the feasible region…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-11 Haoyue Wang , Haihao Lu , Rahul Mazumder

This paper presents a subgradient-based algorithm for constrained nonsmooth convex optimization that does not require projections onto the feasible set. While the well-established Frank-Wolfe algorithm and its variants already avoid…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Kamiar Asgari , Michael J. Neely

We consider continuous-time dynamics for distributed optimization with set constraints in the paper. To handle the computational complexity of projection-based dynamics due to solving a general quadratic optimization subproblem with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-24 Guanpu Chen , Peng Yi , Yiguang Hong , Jie Chen

We present a proximal gradient method for solving convex multiobjective optimization problems, where each objective function is the sum of two convex functions, with one assumed to be continuously differentiable. The algorithm incorporates…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-18 Yunier Bello-Cruz , J. G. Melo , L. F. Prudente , R. V. G. Serra

Adaptive regularized framework using cubics has emerged as an alternative to line-search and trust-region algorithms for smooth nonconvex optimization, with an optimal complexity amongst second-order methods. In this paper, we propose and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-30 El houcine Bergou , Youssef Diouane , Serge Gratton

This paper addresses a class of (non-)convex optimization problems subject to general convex constraints, which pose significant challenges for traditional methods due to their inherent non-convexity and diversity. Conventional convex…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-04 Xiucheng Wang , Xuan Zhao , Nan Cheng

While the theory of operator approximation with any given accuracy is well elaborated, the theory of {best constrained} constructive operator approximation is still not so well developed. Despite increasing demands from applications this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-09 Anatoli Torokhti , Pablo Soto-Quiros

We propose an iterative method for nonlinear semidefinite programs with box constraints. The search direction in the proposed method utilizes the distance from the current point to the boundary of a feasible set. The computation of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-15 Akihiko Komatsu , Makoto Yamashita

This paper introduces a new method of partitioning the solution space of a multi-objective optimisation problem for parallel processing, called Efficient Projection Partitioning. This method projects solutions down into a single dimension,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-23 William Pettersson , Melih Ozlen