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We propose a new gradient descent algorithm with added stochastic terms for finding the global optimizers of nonconvex optimization problems. A key component in the algorithm is the adaptive tuning of the randomness based on the value of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-16 Björn Engquist , Kui Ren , Yunan Yang

Multiscale topology optimization (M-TO) entails generating an optimal global topology, and an optimal set of microstructures at a smaller scale, for a physics-constrained problem. With the advent of additive manufacturing, M-TO has gained…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-04-15 Aaditya Chandrasekhar , Saketh Sridhara , Krishnan Suresh

Gel-elastomer composites, comprising an active swellable hydrogel and a passive elastomer, are a compelling class of programmable material systems (PMS) capable of shape morphing under multiphysics actuation. The precise design of the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Aaditya Chandrasekhar , Dex Doksoo Lee , Hyunwoo Kwon , Wei Chen

Gaussian process (GP) model based optimization is widely applied in simulation and machine learning. In general, it first estimates a GP model based on a few observations from the true response and then employs this model to guide the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-07-08 Qun Meng , Songhao Wang , Szu Hui Ng

Modern materials science has historically been founded on combining restricted subsets of the periodic table, favoring high-purity, few-element systems. However, the demands of an emerging circular economy, together with the need to…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-02 Anton Bochkarev , Yury Lysogorskiy , Aparna Subramanyam , Ralf Drautz , Danny Perez

The global optimization literature places large emphasis on reducing intractable optimization problems into more tractable structured optimization forms. In order to achieve this goal, many existing methods are restricted to optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-28 Dimitris Bertsimas , Berk Öztürk

We present a generative modeling framework for atomistic systems that combines score-based diffusion for atomic positions with a novel continuous-time discrete diffusion process for atomic types. This approach enables flexible and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Nikolaj Rønne , Bjørk Hammer

Designing the topology of three-dimensional structures is a challenging problem due to its memory and time consumption. In this paper, we present a robust and efficient algorithm for solving large-scale 3D topology optimization problems.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-01 Alfredo Vitorino , Francisco A. M. Gomes

In a co-design environment changes need to be integrated quickly and in an automated manner. This paper considers the challenge of creating and optimizing a global logistics system for the construction of a passenger aircraft within a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Emmanuelle Dietz , Tobias Philipp , Gerrit Schramm , Andreas Zindel

Many signal processing problems can be solved by maximizing the fitness of a segmented model over all possible partitions of the data interval. This letter describes a simple but powerful algorithm that searches the exponentially large…

Tackling molecular optimization problems using conventional computational methods is challenging, because the determination of the optimized configuration is known to be an NP-hard problem. Recently, there has been increasing interest in…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-08-24 Eshan Joshi , Samuel Somuyiwa , Hossein Z. Jooya

Low order, sequential or non-massively parallel finite elements are generaly used for three-dimensional gravity modelling. In this paper, in order to obtain better gravity anomaly solutions in heterogeneous media, we solve the gravimetry…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-08 Abal-Kassim Cheik Ahamed , Frederic Magoules

Recent advances in computational materials science present novel opportunities for structure discovery and optimization, including uncovering of unsuspected compounds and metastable structures, electronic structure, surface, and…

This paper presents a machine learning-based framework for topology optimization of self-supporting structures, specifically tailored for additive manufacturing (AM). By employing a graph neural network (GNN) that acts as a neural field…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Alireza Tabarraei , Saquib Ahmad Bhuiyan

In this paper, we propose a novel flexible optimization pipeline for determining the optimal adsorption sites, named AUGUR (Aware of Uncertainty Graph Unit Regression). Our model combines graph neural networks and Gaussian processes to…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-09-25 Ioannis Kouroudis , Poonam , Neel Misciaci , Felix Mayr , Leon Müller , Zhaosu Gu , Alessio Gagliardi

Parallelization is a popular strategy for improving the performance of iterative algorithms. Optimization methods are no exception: design of efficient parallel optimization methods and tight analysis of their theoretical properties are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Alexander Tyurin , Peter Richtárik

To facilitate rational molecular and materials design, this research proposes an integrated computational framework that combines stochastic simulation, ab initio quantum chemistry, and molecular docking. The suggested workflow allows…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-08 Md Rakibul Karim Akanda , Michael P. Richard

We initiate a systematic study of utilizing predictions to improve over approximation guarantees of classic algorithms, without increasing the running time. We propose a systematic method for a wide class of optimization problems that ask…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Antonios Antoniadis , Marek Eliáš , Adam Polak , Moritz Venzin

We introduce a novel quantum computing heuristic for solving the irregular strip packing problem, a significant challenge in optimizing material usage across various industries. This problem involves arranging a set of irregular polygonal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-28 Paul-Amaury Matt , Marco Roth

The need for advanced materials has led to the development of complex, multi-component alloys or solid-solution alloys. These materials have shown exceptional properties like strength, toughness, ductility, electrical and electronic…