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In this paper we present a framework for automated shape differentiation in the finite element software NGSolve. Our approach combines the mathematical Lagrangian approach for differentiating PDE constrained shape functions with the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Peter Gangl , Kevin Sturm , Michael Neunteufel , Joachim Schöberl

We study a class of stochastic optimal design problems for elliptic partial differential equations in divergence form, where the coefficients represent mixtures of two conducting materials. The objective is to minimize a generalized risk…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Amal Alphonse , Petar Kunštek , Marko Vrdoljak

An adaptive regularization algorithm using inexact function and derivatives evaluations is proposed for the solution of composite nonsmooth nonconvex optimization. It is shown that this algorithm needs at most…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-28 S. Gratton , E. Simon , Ph. L. Toint

This paper addresses the study of a new class of nonsmooth optimization problems, where the objective is represented as a difference of two generally nonconvex functions. We propose and develop a novel Newton-type algorithm to solving such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-10 Francisco J. Aragón-Artacho , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Pedro Pérez-Aros

The eigenfunctions of the Laplace Beltrami operator (Manifold Harmonics) define a function basis that can be used in spectral analysis on manifolds. In [21] the authors recast the problem as an orthogonality constrained optimization problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-23 Martin Huska , Damiana Lazzaro , Serena Morigi

Given an infeasible, unbounded, or pathological convex optimization problem, a natural question to ask is: what is the smallest change we can make to the problem's parameters such that the problem becomes solvable? In this paper, we address…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-30 Shane Barratt , Guillermo Angeris , Stephen Boyd

Irreversible evolution is one of the central concepts as well as implementation challenges of both the variational approach to fracture by Francfort and Marigo (1998) and its regularized counterpart by Bourdin, Francfort and Marigo (2000,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Tymofiy Gerasimov , Laura De Lorenzis

Shape optimization methods have been proven useful for identifying interfaces in models governed by partial differential equations. Here we consider a class of shape optimization problems constrained by nonlocal equations which involve…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-26 Volker Schulz , Matthias Schuster , Christian Vollmann

Non-smooth optimization is a core ingredient of many imaging or machine learning pipelines. Non-smoothness encodes structural constraints on the solutions, such as sparsity, group sparsity, low-rank and sharp edges. It is also the basis for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-04 Clarice Poon , Gabriel Peyré

We propose a variational phase-field model of fracture capable of accounting for arbitrary closed convex strength domains. Unlike traditional models based on Ambrosio and Tortorelli regularization, the phase-field variable does not affect…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Blaise Bourdin , Jean-Jacques Marigo , Corrado Maurini , Camilla Zolesi

This paper analyzes the iteration-complexity of a quadratic penalty accelerated inexact proximal point method for solving linearly constrained nonconvex composite programs. More specifically, the objective function is of the form $f + h$…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-17 Weiwei Kong , Jefferson G. Melo , Renato D. C. Monteiro

In this work, we investigate a particular class of shape optimization problems under uncertainties on the input parameters. More precisely, we are interested in the minimization of the expectation of a quadratic objective in a situation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-01 M. Dambrine , C. Dapogny , H. Harbrecht

The same type of objects in different images may vary in their shapes because of rigid and non-rigid shape deformations, occluding foreground as well as cluttered background. The problem concerned in this work is the shape extraction in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-12-30 Junyan Wang , Kap-Luk Chan

High dimensional and/or nonconvex optimization remains a challenging and important problem across a wide range of fields, such as machine learning, data assimilation, and partial differential equation (PDE) constrained optimization. Here we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Brian K. Tran , Ben S. Southworth , David B. Cavender , Sam Olivier , Syed A. Shah , Tommaso Buvoli

In this paper, we show how to transform any optimization problem that arises from fitting a machine learning model into one that (1) detects and removes contaminated data from the training set while (2) simultaneously fitting the trimmed…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-02-07 Aleksandr Aravkin , Damek Davis

The Lip-field approach is a new way to regularize softening material models. It has already been tested in 1D quasistatic and 2D quasistatic: this paper extends it to 1D dynamics, on the challenging problem of dynamic fragmentation. The…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-03-10 Nicolas Moës , Benoît Lé , Andrew Stershic

A class of convex constrained minimization problems over polyhedral cones for geometry-dependent quadratic objective functions is considered in a functional analysis framework. Shape differentiability of the primal minimization problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-18 V. A. Kovtunenko , K. Ohtsuka

This paper deals with sparse feature selection and grouping for classification and regression. The classification or regression problems under consideration consists in minimizing a convex empirical risk function subject to an $\ell^1$…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-27 Michel Barlaud , Wafa Belhajali , Patrick L. Combettes , Lionel Fillatre

In this paper, we study a class of fractional optimization problems, in which the numerator of the objective is the sum of a convex function and a differentiable function with a Lipschitz continuous gradient, while the denominator is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-16 Lei Yang , Xiangrui Kong , Min Zhang , Yaohua Hu

In this paper, we consider a class of structured nonsmooth fractional minimization, where the first part of the objective is the ratio of a nonnegative nonsmooth nonconvex function to a nonnegative nonsmooth convex function, while the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Junpeng Zhou , Na Zhang , Qia Li