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We introduce a solution scheme for portfolio optimization problems with cardinality constraints. Typical portfolio optimization problems are extensions of the classical Markowitz mean-variance portfolio optimization model. We solve such…

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Disruptions are inevitable during airline operations, and disruptions cost airlines and the traveling public. Disruption recovery decisions are often made in a sequential process that includes flight rescheduling, aircraft rerouting, crew…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Jianlin Jiang , Jiajin Lin , Yan Gu , Yibing Lv , Cheng-Lung Wu

Two-stage robust optimization problems constitute one of the hardest optimization problem classes. One of the solution approaches to this class of problems is K-adaptability. This approach simultaneously seeks the best partitioning of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-16 Esther Julien , Krzysztof Postek , Ş. İlker Birbil

In this paper, we study inexact high-order Tensor Methods for solving convex optimization problems with composite objective. At every step of such methods, we use approximate solution of the auxiliary problem, defined by the bound for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-23 Nikita Doikov , Yurii Nesterov

Set covering problem is an important class of combinatorial optimization problems, which has been widely applied and studied in many fields. In this paper, we propose an improved column generation algorithm with neural prediction (CG-P) for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-13 Haofeng Yuan , Peng Jiang , Shiji Song

We develop algorithms for inner approximating the cone of positive semidefinite matrices via linear programming and second order cone programming. Starting with an initial linear algebraic approximation suggested recently by Ahmadi and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-14 Amir Ali Ahmadi , Sanjeeb Dash , Georgina Hall

With the integration of large-scale renewable energy sources to power systems, many optimization methods have been applied to solve the stochastic/uncertain transmission-constrained unit commitment (TCUC) problem. Among all methods,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-18 Xuan Li , Qiaozhu Zhai , Xiaohong Guan

In this paper we present a convergence rate analysis of inexact variants of several randomized iterative methods. Among the methods studied are: stochastic gradient descent, stochastic Newton, stochastic proximal point and stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-20 Nicolas Loizou , Peter Richtárik

The variational inequality problem in finite-dimensional Euclidean space is addressed in this paper, and two inexact variants of the extragradient method are proposed to solve it. Instead of computing exact projections on the constraint…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-24 R. Díaz Millán , O. P. Ferreira , J. Ugon

We tackle the problem of accelerating column generation (CG) approaches to set cover formulations in operations research. At each iteration of CG we generate a dual solution that approximately solves the LP over all columns consisting of a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Naveen Haghani , Julian Yarkony , Amelia Regan

With the abundance of available data, many enterprises seek to implement data-driven prescriptive analytics to help them make informed decisions. These prescriptive policies need to satisfy operational constraints, and proactively eliminate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-22 Shivaram Subramanian , Wei Sun , Youssef Drissi , Markus Ettl

We propose several adaptive algorithmic methods for problems of non-smooth convex optimization. The first of them is based on a special artificial inexactness. Namely, the concept of inexact ($ \delta, \Delta, L$)-model of objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-25 Fedor Stonyakin

This paper considers the learning of Boolean rules in either disjunctive normal form (DNF, OR-of-ANDs, equivalent to decision rule sets) or conjunctive normal form (CNF, AND-of-ORs) as an interpretable model for classification. An integer…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Sanjeeb Dash , Oktay Günlük , Dennis Wei

A constrained optimization problem is primal infeasible if its constraints cannot be satisfied, and dual infeasible if the constraints of its dual problem cannot be satisfied. We propose a novel iterative method, named proportional-integral…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Yue Yu , Ufuk Topcu

Space missions, particularly complex, large-scale exploration campaigns, can often involve many discrete decisions or events in their concepts of operations. Whilst a variety of methods exist for the optimisation of continuous variables in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-04 Nicholas Gollins , Masafumi Isaji , Koki Ho

The minimum sum-of-squares clustering problem (MSSC), also known as $k$-means clustering, refers to the problem of partitioning $n$ data points into $k$ clusters, with the objective of minimizing the total sum of squared Euclidean distances…

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In light of the need for design and analysis of intermodal transportation systems, we propose an algorithmic framework to determine the system optimum of an intermodal transportation system. To this end, we model an intermodal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Benedikt Lienkamp , Maximilian Schiffer

In this paper we introduce new methods for convex optimization problems with inexact stochastic oracle. First method is an extension of the intermediate gradient method proposed by Devolder, Glineur and Nesterov for problems with inexact…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-08 Pavel Dvurechensky , Alexander Gasnikov

Nowadays stochastic approximation methods are one of the major research direction to deal with the large-scale machine learning problems. From stochastic first order methods, now the focus is shifting to stochastic second order methods due…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Vinod Kumar Chauhan , Anuj Sharma , Kalpana Dahiya

An algorithm is proposed, analyzed, and tested experimentally for solving stochastic optimization problems in which the decision variables are constrained to satisfy equations defined by deterministic, smooth, and nonlinear functions. It is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-09 Frank E. Curtis , Daniel P. Robinson , Baoyu Zhou