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We propose a method based on the combination of theoretical results on Blaschke--Santal\'o diagrams and numerical shape optimization techniques to obtain improved description of Blaschke--Santal\'o diagrams in the class of planar convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-03 Ilias Ftouhi

We develop fast algorithms for solving regression problems on graphs where one is given the value of a function at some vertices, and must find its smoothest possible extension to all vertices. The extension we compute is the absolutely…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Rasmus Kyng , Anup Rao , Sushant Sachdeva , Daniel A. Spielman

The present article is dedicated to proving convergence of the stochastic gradient method in case of random shape optimization problems. To that end, we consider Bernoulli's exterior free boundary problem with a random interior boundary. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-12 Marc Dambrine , Caroline Geiersbach , Helmut Harbrecht

In this paper, a descent method for nonsmooth multiobjective optimization problems on complete Riemannian manifolds is proposed. The objective functions are only assumed to be locally Lipschitz continuous instead of convexity used in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Chunming Tang , Hao He , Jinbao Jian , Miantao Chao

We study the complexity of optimizing highly smooth convex functions. For a positive integer $p$, we want to find an $\epsilon$-approximate minimum of a convex function $f$, given oracle access to the function and its first $p$ derivatives,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-06 Ankit Garg , Robin Kothari , Praneeth Netrapalli , Suhail Sherif

In this work, we consider a class of differentiable criteria for sparse image computing problems, where a nonconvex regularization is applied to an arbitrary linear transform of the target image. As special cases, it includes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-08-27 Emilie Chouzenoux , Anna Jezierska , Jean-Christophe Pesquet , Hugues Talbot

Stochastic gradient descent (SGD) and its variants are widely used and highly effective optimization methods in machine learning, especially for neural network training. By using a single datum or a small subset of the data, selected…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Bangti Jin , Zeljko Kereta , Yuxin Xia

The paper proposes an integrated approach to the design optimization of parallel manipulators, which is based on the concept of the workspace grid and utilizes the goal-attainment formulation for the global optimization. To combine the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2009-09-09 Anatoly Pashkevich , Damien Chablat , Philippe Wenger

This paper proposes an algorithmic technique for a class of optimal control problems where it is easy to compute a pointwise minimizer of the Hamiltonian associated with every applied control. The algorithm operates in the space of relaxed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-10 M. T. Hale , Y. Wardi , H. Jaleel , M. Egerstedt

We present a general numerical approach to shape optimization with state constraints for 2-dimensional geometries, without relaxing the constraints. To do this we reformulate the problem on a fixed reference domain using a conformal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-16 Christian Leithäuser , René Pinnau , Robert Feßler

We develop a new Riemannian descent algorithm that relies on momentum to improve over existing first-order methods for geodesically convex optimization. In contrast, accelerated convergence rates proved in prior work have only been shown to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-16 Foivos Alimisis , Antonio Orvieto , Gary Bécigneul , Aurelien Lucchi

Greedy algorithms which use only function evaluations are applied to convex optimization in a general Banach space $X$. Along with algorithms that use exact evaluations, algorithms with approximate evaluations are treated. A priori upper…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2014-01-03 R. A. DeVore , V. N. Temlyakov

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

This paper presents a novel stochastic gradient descent algorithm for constrained optimization. The proposed algorithm randomly samples constraints and components of the finite sum objective function and relies on a relaxed logarithmic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Naum Dimitrieski , Jing Cao , Christian Ebenbauer

The objective of this study is to address the difficulty of simplifying the geometric model in which a differential problem is formulated, also called defeaturing, while simultaneously ensuring that the accuracy of the solution is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-09 Jochen Hinz , Ondine Chanon , Alessandra Arrigoni , Annalisa Buffa

The Projected Gradient Descent (PGD) algorithm is a widely used and efficient first-order method for solving constrained optimization problems due to its simplicity and scalability in large design spaces. Building on recent advancements in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-18 Lucka Barbeau , Marc-Étienne Lamarche-Gagnon , Florin Ilinca

We investigate an optimization problem governed by an elliptic partial differential equation with uncertain parameters. We introduce a robust optimization framework that accounts for uncertain model parameters. The resulting non-linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-24 Alessandro Alla , Michael Hinze , Philip Kolvenbach , Oliver Lass , Stefan Ulbrich

A proof of the optimality of the eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator (LBO) in representing smooth functions on surfaces is provided and adapted to the field of applied shape and data analysis. It is based on the Courant-Fischer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-09-16 Yonathan Aflalo , Haim Brezis , Ron Kimmel

Zhang et al. introduced a novel modification of Goldstein's classical subgradient method, with an efficiency guarantee of $O(\varepsilon^{-4})$ for minimizing Lipschitz functions. Their work, however, makes use of a nonstandard subgradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-17 Damek Davis , Dmitriy Drusvyatskiy , Yin Tat Lee , Swati Padmanabhan , Guanghao Ye

In this work, we analyze two of the most fundamental algorithms in geodesically convex optimization: Riemannian gradient descent and (possibly inexact) Riemannian proximal point. We quantify their rates of convergence and produce different…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-18 David Martínez-Rubio , Christophe Roux , Sebastian Pokutta