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Papadimitriou and Yannakakis show that the polynomial-time solvability of a certain singleobjective problem determines the class of multiobjective optimization problems that admit a polynomial-time computable $(1+\varepsilon, \dots ,…

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We present weak approximations schemes of any order for the Heston model that are obtained by using the method developed by Alfonsi and Bally (2021). This method consists in combining approximation schemes calculated on different random…

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We give sublinear-time approximation algorithms for some optimization problems arising in machine learning, such as training linear classifiers and finding minimum enclosing balls. Our algorithms can be extended to some kernelized versions…

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Recent developments in set optimization are surveyed and extended including various set relations as well as fundamental constructions of a convex analysis for set- and vector-valued functions, and duality for set optimization problems.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-26 Andreas H. Hamel , Frank Heyde , Andreas Löhne , Birgit Rudloff , Carola Schrage

We develop an implementable stochastic proximal point (SPP) method for a class of weakly convex, composite optimization problems. The proposed stochastic proximal point algorithm incorporates a variance reduction mechanism and the resulting…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Andre Milzarek , Fabian Schaipp , Michael Ulbrich

We consider a large family of problems in which an ordering (or, more precisely, a chain of subsets) of a finite set must be chosen to minimize some weighted sum of costs. This family includes variations of Min Sum Set Cover (MSSC), several…

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Various control schemes rely on a solution of a convex optimization problem involving a particular robust quadratic constraint, which can be reformulated as a linear matrix inequality using the well-known $\mathcal{S}$-lemma. However, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-10 Goran Banjac , Jianzhe Zhen , Dick den Hertog , John Lygeros

We study the problem of approximating the level set of an unknown function by sequentially querying its values. We introduce a family of algorithms called Bisect and Approximate through which we reduce the level set approximation problem to…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-24 François Bachoc , Tommaso Cesari , Sébastien Gerchinovitz

We introduce a new approach aiming at computing approximate optimal designs for multivariate polynomial regressions on compact (semi-algebraic) design spaces. We use the moment-sum-of-squares hierarchy of semidefinite programming problems…

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We present a new rational approximation algorithm based on the empirical interpolation method for interpolating a family of parametrized functions to rational polynomials with invariant poles, leading to efficient numerical algorithms for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-23 Aidi Li , Yuwen Li

We propose a Projected Proximal Point Algorithm (ProPPA) for solving a class of optimization problems. The algorithm iteratively computes the proximal point of the last estimated solution projected into an affine space which itself is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Ranch Y. Q. Lai , Pong C. Yuen

In this paper, we studied the equilibrium problem where the bi-function may be quasiconvex with respect to the second variable and the feasible set is the intersection of a finite number of convex sets. We propose a projection-algorithm,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-02 Le Hai Yen , Le Dung Muu

Finding feasible points for which the proof succeeds is a critical issue in safe Branch and Bound algorithms which handle continuous problems. In this paper, we introduce a new strategy to compute very accurate approximations of feasible…

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In this paper, vector optimization is considered in the framework of decision making and optimization in general spaces. Interdependencies between domination structures in decision making and domination sets in vector optimization are…

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We develop a family of accelerated stochastic algorithms that minimize sums of convex functions. Our algorithms improve upon the fastest running time for empirical risk minimization (ERM), and in particular linear least-squares regression,…

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In this paper, we propose new proximal Newton-type methods for convex optimization problems in composite form. The applications include model predictive control (MPC) and embedded MPC. Our new methods are computationally attractive since…

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A numerical method is developed to solve linear semi-infinite programming problem (LSIP) in which the iterates produced by the algorithm are feasible for the original problem. This is achieved by constructing a sequence of standard linear…

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