English
Related papers

Related papers: Stability for Constrained Minimax Optimization

200 papers

We consider the convex optimization problem P: min {f(x): x in K} where "f" is convex continuously differentiable, and K is a compact convex set in Rn with representation {x: g_j(x) >=0, j=1,;;,m} for some continuously differentiable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Jean-Bernard Lasserre

We study a class of constrained nonconvex-nonconcave minimax optimization problems in which the inner maximization involves potentially complex constraints. Under the assumption that the inner problem of a novel lifted minimax reformulation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Zhaosong Lu , Xiangyuan Wang

In this paper, we study the Aubin property of the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker solution mapping for the nonlinear semidefinite programming (NLSDP) problem at a locally optimal solution. In the literature, it is known that the Aubin property implies…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-08 Liang Chen , Ruoning Chen , Defeng Sun , Liping Zhang

Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions for equality and inequality constrained optimization problems on smooth manifolds are formulated. Under the Guignard constraint qualification, local minimizers are shown to admit Lagrange multipliers. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-29 Ronny Bergmann , Roland Herzog

This paper concerns the tilt stability for the minimization of the sum of a twice continuously differentiable matrix-valued function and the Ky-Fan $\kappa$-norm. To achieve this goal, we first provide a sufficient and necessary condition…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-01 Yulan Liu , Shaohua Pan , Wen Song

In this work we investigate the min-max-min robust optimization problem and the k-adaptability robust optimization problem for binary problems with uncertain costs. The idea of the first approach is to calculate a set of k feasible…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-16 Jannis Kurtz

Based on solving an equivalent parametric equality constrained mini-max problem of the classic logarithmic-barrier subproblem, we present a novel primal-dual interior-point relaxation method for nonlinear programs with general equality and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-05 Xin-Wei Liu , Yu-Hong Dai , Ya-Kui Huang

We develop refined Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) and Fritz-John (FJ)-type optimality conditions for nonsmooth, nonconvex mathematical pro\-gra\-mming problems. We pay special attention in the case that the functional constraint belongs to a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Felipe Lara , Alberto Ramos

Modern data science applications demand solving large-scale optimization problems. The prevalent approaches are first-order methods, valued for their scalability. These methods are implemented to tackle highly irregular problems where…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-03 Lexiao Lai

In this paper, we obtain necessary optimality conditions for neural network approximation. We consider neural networks in Manhattan ($l_1$ norm) and Chebyshev ($\max$ norm). The optimality conditions are based on neural networks with at…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Vinesha Peiris , Nadezda Sukhorukova , Julien Ugon

In this paper, we study stochastic constrained minimax optimization problems with nonconvex-nonconcave structure, a central problem in modern machine learning, for which reliable and efficient algorithms remain largely unexplored due to its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Muhammad Khan , Yangyang Xu

This paper is devoted to the study of tilt stability of local minimizers for classical nonlinear programs with equality and inequality constraints in finite dimensions described by twice continuously differentiable functions. The importance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-24 Helmut Gfrerer , Boris S. Mordukhovich

We extend the traditional worst-case, minimax analysis of stochastic convex optimization by introducing a localized form of minimax complexity for individual functions. Our main result gives function-specific lower and upper bounds on the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-05-27 Yuancheng Zhu , Sabyasachi Chatterjee , John Duchi , John Lafferty

Optimization theory in Banach spaces suffers from the lack of available constraint qualifications. Despite the fact that there exist only a very few constraint qualifications, they are, in addition, often violated even in simple…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-30 Eike Börgens , Christian Kanzow , Patrick Mehlitz , Gerd Wachsmuth

We present a short step interior point method for solving a class of nonlinear programming problems with quadratic objective function. Convex quadratic programming problems can be reformulated as problems in this class. The method is shown…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-14 Martin Neuenhofen , Stefania Bellavia

This work is a continuation of the previous one in [{\it Optimization} (2023)], where the existence of optimal solutions and first-order necessary optimality conditions in both Pontryagin's maximum principle form and the variational form…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-01 Cung The Anh , Nguyen Hai Ha Giang

Sequential optimality conditions play an important role in constrained optimization since they provide necessary conditions without requiring constraint qualifications (CQs). This paper introduces a second-order extension of the Approximate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Huimin Li , Yuya Yamakawa , Ellen H. Fukuda

Composite minimization involves a collection of functions which are aggregated in a nonsmooth manner. It covers, as a particular case, smooth approximation of minimax games, minimization of max-type functions, and simple composite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Yassine Nabou , Ion Necoara

We consider a smooth pessimistic bilevel optimization problem, where the lower-level problem is convex and satisfies the Slater constraint qualification. These assumptions ensure that the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) reformulation of our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Imane Benchouk , Lateef Jolaoso , Khadra Nachi , Alain Zemkoho

Many machine learning problems can be formulated as minimax problems such as Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), AUC maximization and robust estimation, to mention but a few. A substantial amount of studies are devoted to studying the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-14 Yunwen Lei , Zhenhuan Yang , Tianbao Yang , Yiming Ying