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We present an approach for variational regularization of inverse and imaging problems for recovering functions with values in a set of vectors. We introduce regularization functionals, which are derivative-free double integrals of such…

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We exploit the similarities between Tikhonov regularization and Bayesian hierarchical models to propose a regularization scheme that acts like a distributed Tikhonov regularization where the amount of regularization varies from component to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-10 Daniela Calvetti , Erkki Somersalo

We consider the problem of minimizing an objective function that is the sum of a convex function and a group sparsity-inducing regularizer. Problems that integrate such regularizers arise in modern machine learning applications, often for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-30 Frank E. Curtis , Yutong Dai , Daniel P. Robinson

Regularization is a central tool for addressing ill-posedness in inverse problems and statistical estimation, with the choice of a suitable penalty often determining the reliability and interpretability of downstream solutions. While recent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Oscar Leong , Eliza O'Reilly , Yong Sheng Soh

Numerical solutions of stationary diffusion equations on the unit sphere with isotropic lognormal diffusion coefficients are considered. H\"older regularity in $L^p$ sense for isotropic Gaussian random fields is obtained and related to the…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-12-06 Lukas Herrmann , Annika Lang , Christoph Schwab

This article addresses the challenge of learning effective regularizers for linear inverse problems. We analyze and compare several types of learned variational regularization against the theoretical benchmark of the optimal affine…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Sebastian Banert , Christoph Brauer , Dirk Lorenz , Lionel Tondji

In this paper we provide a convergence analysis of some variational methods alternative to the classical Tikhonov regularization, namely Ivanov regularization (also called method of quasi solutions) with some versions of the discrepancy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-18 Barbara Kaltenbacher , Andrej Klassen

We present a finite element scheme for fractional diffusion problems with varying diffusivity and fractional order. We consider a symmetric integral form of these nonlocal equations defined on general geometries and in arbitrary bounded…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-28 Wenyu Lei , George Turkiyyah , Omar Knio

A regularization algorithm using inexact function values and inexact derivatives is proposed and its evaluation complexity analyzed. This algorithm is applicable to unconstrained problems and to problems with inexpensive constraints (that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-22 S. Bellavia , G. Gurioli , B. Morini , Ph. L. Toint

In this paper, we address the problem of approximating solutions of ill-posed problems using mollification. We quickly review existing mollification regularization methods and provide two new approximate solutions to a general ill-posed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Walter Cedric Simo Tao Lee

Regularisation theory in Banach spaces, and non--norm-squared regularisation even in finite dimensions, generally relies upon Bregman divergences to replace norm convergence. This is comparable to the extension of first-order optimisation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-19 Tuomo Valkonen

We propose a sparse regularization model for inversion of incomplete Fourier transforms and apply it to seismic wavefield modeling. The objective function of the proposed model employs the Moreau envelope of the $\ell_0$ norm under a tight…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-13 Tingting Wu , Yuesheng Xu

Although the \emph{residual method}, or \emph{constrained regularization}, is frequently used in applications, a detailed study of its properties is still missing. This sharply contrasts the progress of the theory of Tikhonov…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-12-06 Markus Grasmair , Markus Haltmeier , Otmar Scherzer

Selecting appropriate regularization coefficients is critical to performance with respect to regularized empirical risk minimization problems. Existing theoretical approaches attempt to determine the coefficients in order for regularized…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Akihiro Yabe , Takanori Maehara

We present an adaptive regularization algorithm that can be effectively applied to the optimization problem in deep learning framework. Our regularization algorithm aims to take into account the fitness of data to the current state of model…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-09-02 Junghee Cho , Junseok Kwon , Byung-Woo Hong

These lecture notes for a graduate class present the regularization theory for linear and nonlinear ill-posed operator equations in Hilbert spaces. Covered are the general framework of regularization methods and their analysis via spectral…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Christian Clason

Recent advances align diffusion models with human preferences to increase aesthetic appeal and mitigate artifacts and biases. Such methods aim to maximize a conditional output distribution aligned with higher rewards whilst not drifting far…

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In this article we study the problem of recovering the unknown solution of a linear ill-posed problem, via iterative regularization methods. We review the problem of projection-regularization from a statistical point of view. A basic…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2007-06-13 Ana K. Fermin , Carenne Ludena

This paper is concerned with the inverse problem of retrieving the initial value of a time-fractional fourth order parabolic equation from source and final time observation. The considered problem is an {\it ill-posed problem.} We obtain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Subhankar Mondal

This paper aims at obtaining, by means of integral transforms, analytical approximations in short times of solutions to boundary value problems for the one-dimensional reaction-diffusion equation with constant coefficients. The general form…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Anani Kwassi