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We study the approximation of general multiobjective optimization problems with the help of scalarizations. Existing results state that multiobjective minimization problems can be approximated well by norm-based scalarizations. However, for…

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Models based on approximation capabilities have recently been studied in the context of Optimal Recovery. These models, however, are not compatible with overparametrization, since model- and data-consistent functions could then be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-02 Simon Foucart

This paper considers mathematical programs, whose constraints are expressed by a parameterized vector equilibrium problem. The latter is a well recognized framework, which is able to cover multicriteria optimization, vector variational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Amos Uderzo

We describe some "unrestricted" algorithms which are useful for the computation of elementary and special functions when the precision required is not known in advance. Several general classes of algorithms are identified and illustrated by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-04-22 Richard P. Brent

We study the computational complexity of approximating general constrained Markov decision processes. Our primary contribution is the design of a polynomial time $(0,\epsilon)$-additive bicriteria approximation algorithm for finding optimal…

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Understanding how the optimal value of an optimisation problem changes when its input data is modified is an old question in mathematical optimisation. This paper investigates the computation of the optimal values of a family of (possibly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Guillaume Derval , Damien Ernst , Quentin Louveaux , Bardhyl Miftari

This paper treats the problem of minimizing a general continuously differentiable function subject to sparsity constraints. We present and analyze several different optimality criteria which are based on the notions of stationarity and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-03-22 Amir Beck , Yonina C. Eldar

This paper studies the distributed optimization problem with possibly nonidentical local constraints, where its global objective function is composed of $N$ convex functions. The aim is to solve the considered optimization problem in a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-26 Hongzhe Liu , Wenwu Yu , Guanghui Wen , Wei Xing Zheng

We present a general method for obtaining strong bounds for discrete optimization problems that is based on a concept of branching duality. It can be applied when no useful integer programming model is available, and we illustrate this with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-08-22 J. G. Benade , J. N. Hooker

In model selection problems for machine learning, the desire for a well-performing model with meaningful structure is typically expressed through a regularized optimization problem. In many scenarios, however, the meaningful structure is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-09 Jonathan Bunton , Paulo Tabuada

Binary optimization is a central problem in mathematical optimization and its applications are abundant. To solve this problem, we propose a new class of continuous optimization techniques which is based on Mathematical Programming with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-07 Ganzhao Yuan , Bernard Ghanem

We propose an algorithm for reduction of the problem of maximization of fraction of two functionals to the equivalent procedure including maximization of difference between the functionals and the solution of an equation of scalar unknown.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-06-20 Ivan P Smirnov

For a time-limited version of the H$_2$ norm defined over a fixed time interval, we obtain a closed form expression of the gradients. After that, we use the gradients to propose a time-limited model order reduction method. The method…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-04 Kasturi Das , Srinivasan Krishnaswamy , Somanath Majhi

We consider the problem of obtaining interpolation constraints for function classes, i.e., necessary and sufficient constraints that a set of points, function values and (sub)gradients must satisfy to ensure the existence of a global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Anne Rubbens , Julien M. Hendrickx

We consider a linear iterative solver for large scale linearly constrained quadratic minimization problems that arise, for example, in optimization with PDEs. By a primal-dual projection (PDP) iteration, which can be interpreted and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-07 Anton Schiela , Matthias Stöcklein , Martin Weiser

In multi-objective optimization, a single decision vector must balance the trade-offs between many objectives. Solutions achieving an optimal trade-off are said to be Pareto optimal: these are decision vectors for which improving any one…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-07 Abhishek Roy , Geelon So , Yi-An Ma

Inspired by applications in optimal control of semilinear elliptic partial differential equations and physics-integrated imaging, differential equation constrained optimization problems with constituents that are only accessible through…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Guozhi Dong , Michael Hintermueller , Kostas Papafitsoros

Maximizing a single submodular set function subject to a cardinality constraint is a well-studied and central topic in combinatorial optimization. However, finding a set that maximizes multiple functions at the same time is much less…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Fabian Spaeh , Atsushi Miyauchi

Recent works have developed new projection-free first-order methods based on utilizing linesearches and normal vector computations to maintain feasibility. These oracles can be cheaper than orthogonal projection or linear optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Thabo Samakhoana , Benjamin Grimmer

The goal of diagnosis is to compute good repair strategies in response to anomalous system behavior. In a decision theoretic framework, a good repair strategy has low expected cost. In a general formulation of the problem, the computation…

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