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A functional for joint variational object segmentation and shape matching is developed. The formulation is based on optimal transport w.r.t. geometric distance and local feature similarity. Geometric invariance and modelling of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-12-30 Bernhard Schmitzer , Christoph Schnörr

We derive novel algorithms for optimization problems constrained by partial differential equations describing multiscale particle dynamics, including non-local integral terms representing interactions between particles. In particular, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-09 Mildred Aduamoah , Benjamin D. Goddard , John W. Pearson , Jonna C. Roden

We consider the problem of establishing dense correspondences within a set of related shapes of strongly varying geometry. For such input, traditional shape matching approaches often produce unsatisfactory results. We propose an ensemble…

Graphics · Computer Science 2017-10-10 Oliver Burghard , Alexander Berner , Michael Wand , Niloy Mitra , Hans-Peter Seidel , Reinhard Klein

This study focuses on using direct methods (first-discretize-then-optimize) to solve optimal control problems for a class of nonsmooth dynamical systems governed by differential variational inequalities (DVI), called optimal control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Kangyu Lin , Toshiyuki Ohtsuka

In this paper we present a novel numerical solution procedure for semicoercive hemivariational inequalities. As a model example we consider a unilateral semicoercive contact problem with nonmonotone friction and provide numerical results…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-11 Nina Ovcharova , Joachim Gwinner

In this work, we present a novel approach for solving stochastic shape optimization problems. Our method is the extension of the classical stochastic gradient method to infinite-dimensional shape manifolds. We prove convergence of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-03 Caroline Geiersbach , Estefania Loayza-Romero , Kathrin Welker

We consider the method of mappings for performing shape optimization for unsteady fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems. In this work, we focus on the numerical implementation. We model the optimization problem such that it takes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Johannes Haubner , Michael Ulbrich

Since shape optimization methods have been proven useful for identifying interfaces in models governed by partial differential equations, we show how shape optimization techniques can also be applied to an interface identification problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-14 Matthias Schuster , Volker Schulz

We study the fluid-mediated approach of a deformable axisymmetric object towards a rigid substrate, focusing on how its shape influences contact formation. For low approach velocities and large Stokes numbers, we show that sharper profiles…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-10-21 Joaquin Garcia-Suarez

In this article, we addressed the numerical solution of a non-linear evolutionary variational inequality, which is encountered in the investigation of quasi-static contact problems. Our study encompasses both the semi-discrete and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Kamana Porwal , Tanvi Wadhawan

Predictive simulations are crucial for the success of many subsurface applications, and it is highly desirable to obtain accurate non-negative solutions for transport equations in these numerical simulations. In this paper, we propose a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2017-05-24 J. Chang , K. B. Nakshatrala

This work is concerned with second-order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for optimal control of a non-smooth semilinear elliptic partial differential equation, where the nonlinearity is the non-smooth max-function and thus…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Vu Huu Nhu

In this paper, we couple regularization techniques of nondifferentiable optimization with the h-version of the boundary element method (h-BEM) to solve nonsmooth variational problems arising in contact mechanics. As a model example we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-12 N. Ovcharova

For shape optimization problems, governed by elliptic equations with Dirichlet boundary condition and random coefficients, we utilize a penalization technique to get the approximate problem. We consider that uncertainties exists in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Xiaowei Pang

The paper is devoted to the existence of global optimal solutions for a general class of nonsmooth problems of constrained vector optimization without boundedness assumptions on constraint sets. The main attention is paid to the two major…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-02 Do Sang Kim , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Tien-Son Pham , Nguyen Van Tuyen

In this paper we analyze the relaxed form of a shape optimization problem with state equation $\{{array}{ll} -div \big(a(x)Du\big)=f\qquad\hbox{in}D \hbox{boundary conditions on}\partial D. {array}.$ The new fact is that the term $f$ is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-02-16 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Faustino Maestre

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

For the first time, a nonlinear interface problem on an unbounded domain with nonmonotone set-valued transmission conditions is analyzed. The investigated problem involves a nonlinear monotone partial differential equation in the interior…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-19 J. Gwinner , N. Ovcharova

Optimality conditions in the form of a variational inequality are proved for a class of constrained optimal control problems of stochastic differential equations. The cost function and the inequality constraints are functions of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Laurent Pfeiffer

We study the query complexity of geodesically convex (g-convex) optimization on a manifold. To isolate the effect of that manifold's curvature, we primarily focus on hyperbolic spaces. In a variety of settings (smooth or not; strongly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-25 Christopher Criscitiello , Nicolas Boumal