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A common approach for minimizing a smooth nonlinear function is to employ finite-difference approximations to the gradient. While this can be easily performed when no error is present within the function evaluations, when the function is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-24 Hao-Jun Michael Shi , Yuchen Xie , Melody Qiming Xuan , Jorge Nocedal

An efficient computational approach for optimal reconstruction of binary-type images suitable for models in various applications including biomedical imaging is developed and validated. The methodology includes derivative-free optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-27 Paul R. Arbic , Vladislav Bukshtynov

In recent publications, the author and his coworkers have shown robust approximation error estimates for B-splines of maximum smoothness and have proposed multigrid methods based on them. These methods allow to solve the linear system…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-05 Stefan Takacs

The techniques and analysis presented in this thesis provide new methods to solve optimization problems posed on Riemannian manifolds. These methods are applied to the subspace tracking problem found in adaptive signal processing and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-05-09 Steven Thomas Smith

An adjoint-based shape optimization method for solid bodies subjected to both rarefied and continuum gas flows is proposed. The gas-kinetic BGK equation with the diffuse-reflection boundary condition is used to describe the multiscale gas…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-01-03 Ruifeng Yuan , Lei Wu

Projective analysis is an important solution for 3D shape retrieval, since human visual perceptions of 3D shapes rely on various 2D observations from different view points. Although multiple informative and discriminative views are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-04-03 Song Bai , Xiang Bai , Zhichao Zhou , Zhaoxiang Zhang , Longin Jan Latecki

Implicit Neural Representations (INRs) parameterize continuous signals via multilayer perceptrons (MLPs), enabling compact, resolution-independent modeling for tasks like image, audio, and 3D reconstruction. However, fitting high-resolution…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Chen Zhang , Wei Zuo , Bingyang Cheng , Yikun Wang , Wei-Bin Kou , Yik Chung WU , Ngai Wong

Conventional finite element methods are known to be tedious in adaptive refinements due to their conformal regularity requirements. Further, the enrichment functions for adaptive refinements are often not readily available in general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Jonghyuk Baek , Yanran Wang , J. S. Chen

We introduce trimmed NURBS surfaces with accurate boundary control, briefly called ABC-surfaces, as a solution to the notorious problem of constructing watertight or smooth ($G^1$ and $G^2)$ multi-patch surfaces within the function range of…

Graphics · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Florian Martin , Ulrich Reif

In many astronomical problems one often needs to determine the upper and/or lower boundary of a given data set. An automatic and objective approach consists in fitting the data using a generalised least-squares method, where the function to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 N. Cardiel

We present a novel stabilized isogeometric formulation for the Stokes problem, where the geometry of interest is obtained via overlapping NURBS (non-uniform rational B-spline) patches, i.e., one patch on top of another in an arbitrary but…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-22 Xiaodong Wei , Riccardo Puppi , Pablo Antolin , Annalisa Buffa

With the recent advances in autonomous driving and the decreasing cost of LiDARs, the use of multimodal sensor systems is on the rise. However, in order to make use of the information provided by a variety of complimentary sensors, it is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Quentin Herau , Nathan Piasco , Moussab Bennehar , Luis Roldão , Dzmitry Tsishkou , Cyrille Migniot , Pascal Vasseur , Cédric Demonceaux

We propose a new adaptive algorithm for the approximation of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation via a higher-order tangent plane scheme. We show that the adaptive approximation satisfies an energy inequality and demonstrate numerically,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Jan Bohn , Willy Dörfler , Michael Feischl , Stefan Karch

This paper presents GRT, a domain-independent heuristic planning system for STRIPS worlds. GRT solves problems in two phases. In the pre-processing phase, it estimates the distance between each fact and the goals of the problem, in a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-06-02 I. Refanidis , I. Vlahavas

This paper addresses optimal design problems governed by multi-state stationary diffusion equations, aiming at the simultaneous optimization of the domain shape and the distribution of two isotropic materials in prescribed proportions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Marko Erceg , Petar Kunštek , Marko Vrdoljak

This paper marks the debut of a Galerkin isogeometric method for solving a Fredholm integral eigenvalue problem, enabling random field discretization by means of the Karhunen-Loeve expansion. The method involves a Galerkin projection onto a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-04 Sharif Rahman

Achieving fine-grained and structurally sound controllability is a cornerstone of advanced visual generation. Existing part-based frameworks treat user-provided parts as an unordered set and therefore ignore their intrinsic spatial and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Junbin Zhang , Meng Cao , Feng Tan , Yikai Lin , Yuexian Zou

Despite being vastly ignored in the literature, coping with topological noise is an issue of increasing importance, especially as a consequence of the increasing number and diversity of 3D polygonal models that are captured by devices of…

Graphics · Computer Science 2017-05-16 Asli Genctav , Yusuf Sahillioglu , Sibel Tari

The rapid updates in error-resilient applications along with their quest for high throughput have motivated designing fast approximate functional units for Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Studies that proposed imprecise functional…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-29 Zahra Ebrahimi , Muhammad Zaid , Mark Wijtvliet , Akash Kumar

This paper presents a configuration design optimization method for three-dimensional curved beam built-up structures having maximized fundamental eigenfrequency. We develop the method of computation of design velocity field and optimal…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-01-26 Myung-Jin Choi , Jae-Hyun Kim , Bonyong Koo , Seonho Cho