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We consider saddle point problems which objective functions are the average of $n$ strongly convex-concave individual components. Recently, researchers exploit variance reduction methods to solve such problems and achieve linear-convergence…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Luo Luo , Cheng Chen , Yujun Li , Guangzeng Xie , Zhihua Zhang

We present a systematic study on higher-order penalty techniques for isogeometric mortar methods. In addition to the weak-continuity enforced by a mortar method, normal derivatives across the interface are penalized. The considered…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-04 Thomas Horger , Alessandro Reali , Barbara Wohlmuth , Linus Wunderlich

In many applications we seek to maximize an expectation with respect to a distribution over discrete variables. Estimating gradients of such objectives with respect to the distribution parameters is a challenging problem. We analyze…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-06-18 Evgeny Andriyash , Arash Vahdat , Bill Macready

In this paper, we consider a class of optimization problems constrained to the generalized Stiefel manifold. Such problems are fundamental to a wide range of real-world applications, including generalized canonical correlation analysis,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Linshuo Jiang , Nachuan Xiao , Xin Liu

We propose a novel penalty method framework for the non-self-adjoint topology optimization problems, taking compliant mechanism problems as an example, by incorporating a convex nonlocal perimeter approximation scheme. We rigorously analyze…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Wei Gong , Yuanda Ye

The Adaptive Stabilized Finite Element method (AS-FEM) developed in Calo et. al. combines the idea of the residual minimization method with the inf-sup stability offered by the discontinuous Galerkin (dG) frameworks. As a result, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-03 José G. Hasbani , Paulina Sepúlveda , Ignacio Muga , Victor M. Calo , Sergio Rojas

Simulation techniques such as the finite element method are essential for designing electrical devices, but their computational cost can be prohibitive for repeated or real-time computations. Projection-based model order reduction…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Matteo Zorzetto , Merle Backmeyer , Michael Wiesheu , Riccardo Torchio , Fabrizio Dughiero , Sebastian Schöps

This paper presents a novel methodology of local adaptivity for the frequency-domain analysis of the vibrations of Reissner-Mindlin plates. The adaptive discretization is based on the recently developed Geometry Independent Field…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-17 Peng Yu , Cosmin Anitescu , Satyendra Tomar , Stéphane Bordas , Pierre Kerfriden

Penalty functions are widely used to enforce constraints in optimization problems and reinforcement leaning algorithms. Softplus and algebraic penalty functions are proposed to overcome the sensitivity of the Courant-Beltrami method to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Stefan Meili

This article is devoted to one particular case of using universal accelerated proximal envelopes to obtain computationally efficient accelerated versions of methods used to solve various optimization problem setups. In this paper, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-14 Dmitry Pasechnyuk , Anton Anikin , Vladislav Matyukhin

For minimizing a strongly convex objective function subject to linear inequality constraints, we consider a penalty approach that allows one to utilize stochastic methods for problems with a large number of constraints and/or objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Meng Li , Paul Grigas , Alper Atamturk

We investigate the Randomized Stochastic Accelerated Gradient (RSAG) method, utilizing either constant or adaptive step sizes, for stochastic optimization problems with generalized smooth objective functions. Under relaxed affine variance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-25 Chenhao Yu , Yusu Hong , Junhong Lin

The fast assembling of stiffness and mass matrices is a key issue in isogeometric analysis, particularly if the spline degree is increased. We present two algorithms based on the idea of sum factorization, one for matrix assembling and one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-26 A. Bressan , S. Takacs

A smoothing algorithm is presented for solving the soft-margin Support Vector Machine (SVM) optimization problem with an $\ell^{1}$ penalty. This algorithm is designed to require a modest number of passes over the data, which is an…

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We present a fast algorithm for global rigid symmetry detection with approximation guarantees. The algorithm is guaranteed to find the best approximate symmetry of a given shape, to within a user-specified threshold, with very high…

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Policy gradient methods are known to be highly sensitive to the choice of policy parameterization. In particular, the widely used softmax parameterization can induce ill-conditioned optimization landscapes and lead to exponentially slow…

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This article introduces a new physics-based method for rigid point set alignment called Fast Gravitational Approach (FGA). In FGA, the source and target point sets are interpreted as rigid particle swarms with masses interacting in a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-02 Sk Aziz Ali , Kerem Kahraman , Christian Theobalt , Didier Stricker , Vladislav Golyanik

This paper studies an acceleration technique for incremental aggregated gradient ({\sf IAG}) method through the use of \emph{curvature} information for solving strongly convex finite sum optimization problems. These optimization problems of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-02 Hoi-To Wai , Wei Shi , Cesar A. Uribe , Angelia Nedich , Anna Scaglione

This paper investigates the convex optimization problem with general convex inequality constraints. To cope with this problem, a discrete-time algorithm, called augmented primal-dual gradient algorithm (Aug-PDG), is studied and analyzed. It…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-18 Min Meng , Xiuxian Li

The paper is concerned with space-time IgA approximations of parabolic initial-boundary value problems. We deduce guaranteed and fully computable error bounds adapted to special features of IgA approximations and investigate their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-20 Ulrich Langer , Svetlana Matculevich , Sergey Repin