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We propose a penalty-based smoothing framework for convex nonsmooth functions with a supremum structure. The regularization yields a differentiable surrogate with controlled approximation error, a single-valued dual maximizer, and explicit…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Samir Adly , Juan José Maulén , Emilio Vilches

This work proposes an adaptive framework to solve a robust structural shape optimization problem governed by linear elasticity models that account for uncertainties in the loading and material inputs. A posteriori error estimators are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Oğuz Han Altıntaş , Hamdullah Yücel

We propose a two-level structural optimization method for obtaining an approximate optimal shape of piecewise developable surface without specifying internal boundaries between surface patches. The condition for developability of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Makoto Ohsaki , Kentaro Hayakawa , Jingyao Zhang

This paper develops a convex approach for sparse one-dimensional deconvolution that improves upon L1-norm regularization, the standard convex approach. We propose a sparsity-inducing non-separable non-convex bivariate penalty function for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-19 Ivan W. Selesnick , Iker Bayram

In this work, the problem of shape optimization, subject to PDE constraints, is reformulated as an $L^p$ best approximation problem under divergence constraints to the shape tensor introduced in Laurain and Sturm: ESAIM Math. Model. Numer.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Gerhard Starke

This paper investigates, without any regularization or penalization procedure, a shape optimization problem involving a simplified friction phenomena modeled by a scalar Tresca friction law. Precisely, using tools from convex and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-16 Samir Adly , Loïc Bourdin , Fabien Caubet , Aymeric Jacob de Cordemoy

This paper is concerned with optimal control problems for parabolic partial differential equations with pointwise in time switching constraints on the control. A standard approach to treat constraints in nonlinear optimization is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-30 Christian Clason , Armin Rund , Karl Kunisch

We consider the shape-topological control of a singularly perturbed variational inequality. The geometry-dependent state problem that we address in this paper concerns a heterogeneous medium with a micro-object (defect) and a macro-object…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-22 Victor A. Kovtunenko , Günter Leugering

We investigate non-convex optimization problems in $BV(\Omega)$ with two-sided pointwise inequality constraints. We propose a regularization and penalization method to numerically solve the problem. Under certain conditions, weak limit…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-06 Carolin Natemeyer , Daniel Wachsmuth

In this paper we present a complete iteration complexity analysis of inexact first order Lagrangian and penalty methods for solving cone constrained convex problems that have or may not have optimal Lagrange multipliers that close the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-24 Ion Necoara , Andrei Patrascu , Francois Glineur

We introduce a novel mesh-free and direct method for computing the shape derivative in PDE-constrained shape optimization problems. Our approach is based on a probabilistic representation of the shape derivative and is applicable for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Luka Schlegel , Volker Schulz , Frank T. Seifried , Maximilian Würschmidt

This paper investigates a category of constrained fractional optimization problems that emerge in various practical applications. The objective function for this category is characterized by the ratio of a numerator and denominator, both…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Yizun Lin , Jian-Feng Cai , Zhao-Rong Lai , Cheng Li

Stochastic nonconvex optimization problems with nonlinear constraints have a broad range of applications in intelligent transportation, cyber-security, and smart grids. In this paper, first, we propose an inexact-proximal accelerated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-08 Morteza Boroun , Afrooz Jalilzadeh

We describe an apparatus for subgradient-following of the optimum of convex problems with variational penalties. In this setting, we receive a sequence $y_i,\ldots,y_n$ and seek a smooth sequence $x_1,\ldots,x_n$. The smooth sequence needs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Kai-Chia Mo , Shai Shalev-Shwartz , Nisæl Shártov

We consider a parametric quasi-variational inequality (QVI) without any convexity assumption. Using the concept of \emph{optimal value function}, we transform the problem into that of solving a nonsmooth system of inequalities. Based on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-21 Joydeep Dutta , Lahoussine Lafhim , Alain Zemkoho , Shenglong Zhou

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Alberto De Marchi , Andreas Themelis

This paper is concerned with the minimisation of peak stresses occurring in linear elasticity. We propose to minimise the maximal von Mises stress of the elastic body. This leads to a nonsmooth shape functional. We derive the shape…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-21 Phillip Baumann , Kevin Sturm

In [1], the distributed linear-quadratic problem with fixed communication topology (DFT-LQ) and the sparse feedback LQ problem (SF-LQ) are formulated into a nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization problem with affine constraints. Moreover, a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Lechen Feng , Xun Li , Yuan-Hua Ni

The aim of this work is to analyse a shape optimization problem in a mechanical friction context. Precisely we perform a shape sensitivity analysis of a Tresca friction problem, that is, a boundary value problem involving the usual linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-18 Loïc Bourdin , Fabien Caubet , Aymeric Jacob de Cordemoy

Shape optimization based on surface gradients and the Hadarmard-form is considered for a compressible viscous fluid. Special attention is given to the difference between the 'function composition' approach involving local shape derivatives…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-23 Matthias Sonntag , Stephan Schmidt , Nicolas R. Gauger