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Shape optimization is commonly applied in engineering to optimize shapes with respect to an objective functional relying on PDE solutions. In this paper, we view shape optimization as optimization on Riemannian shape manifolds. We consider…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Estefania Loayza-Romero , Kathrin Welker

In this paper, we present a new framework how a PDE with constraints can be formulated into a sequence of PDEs with no constraints, whose solutions are convergent to the solution of the PDE with constraints. This framework is then used to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-28 Jiwei Jia , Young Ju Lee , Ruitong Shan

We propose a robust numerical framework for PDE-constrained shape optimization and Willmore-driven surface hole filling. To address two central challenges -- slow progress in flat energy landscapes, which can trigger premature stagnation at…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Falai Chen , Buyang Li , Jiajie Li , Rong Tang

Minimizing the so-called "Dirichlet energy" with respect to the domain under a volume constraint is a standard problem in shape optimization which is now well understood. This article is devoted to a prototypal non-linear version of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Antoine Henrot , Idriss Mazari , Yannick Privat

In this paper we the formulation of inverse problems as constrained minimization problems and their iterative solution by gradient or Newton type. We carry out a convergence analysis in the sense of regularization methods and discuss…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-15 Barbara Kaltenbacher , Kha Van Huynh

Coordinate descent methods have considerable impact in global optimization because global (or, at least, almost global) minimization is affordable for low-dimensional problems. Coordinate descent methods with high-order regularized models…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-28 V. S. Amaral , R. Andreani , E. G. Birgin , D. S. Marcondes , J. M. Martínez

We develop a method for optimization in shape spaces, i.e., sets of surfaces modulo re-parametrization. Unlike previously proposed gradient flows, we achieve superlinear convergence rates through a subtle approximation of the shape Hessian,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-04-15 J. Balzer , S. Soatto

This paper suggests two novel ideas to develop new proximal variable-metric methods for solving a class of composite convex optimization problems. The first idea is a new parameterization of the optimality condition which allows us to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-14 Quoc Tran-Dinh , Liang Ling , Kim-Chuan Toh

Thresholding algorithms for sparse optimization problems involve two key components: search directions and thresholding strategies. In this paper, we use the compressed Newton direction as a search direction, derived by confining the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Nan Meng , Yun-Bin Zhao

When combining the numerical concept of variational discretization and semi-smooth Newton methods for the numerical solution of pde constrained optimization with control constraints, special emphasis has to be taken on the implementation,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-12-03 Michael Hinze , Morten Vierling

Topology optimization is concerned with the identification of optimal shapes of deformable bodies with respect to given target functionals. The focus of this paper is on a topology optimization problem for a time-evolving elastoplastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Stefano Almi , Ulisse Stefanelli

Optimal transport problems pose many challenges when considering their numerical treatment. We investigate the solution of a PDE-constrained optimisation problem subject to a particular transport equation arising from the modelling of image…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-15 Roland Herzog , John W. Pearson , Martin Stoll

We consider shape optimization problems subject to elliptic partial differential equations. In the context of the finite element method, the geometry to be optimized is represented by the computational mesh, and the optimization proceeds by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-12 Tommy Etling , Roland Herzog , Estefanía Loayza , Gerd Wachsmuth

We explore the use of the Gauss-Newton method for optimization in shape learning, including implicit neural surfaces and geometry-informed neural networks. The method addresses key challenges in shape learning, such as the ill-conditioning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-16 James King , Arturs Berzins , Siddhartha Mishra , Marius Zeinhofer

Shape optimization based on the shape calculus is numerically mostly performed by means of steepest descent methods. This paper provides a novel framework to analyze shape-Newton optimization methods by exploiting a Riemannian perspective.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-14 Volker Schulz

Recent research has used deep learning to develop partial differential equation (PDE) models in science and engineering. The functional form of the PDE is determined by a neural network, and the neural network parameters are calibrated to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Justin Sirignano , Jonathan MacArt , Konstantinos Spiliopoulos

Recent progress in PDE constrained optimization on shape manifolds is based on the Hadamard form of shape derivatives, i.e., in the form of integrals at the boundary of the shape under investigation, as well as on intrinsic shape metrics.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-03 Volker Schulz , Martin Siebenborn , Kathrin Welker

We consider a simply supported plate with constant thickness, defined on an unknown multiply connected domain. We optimize its shape according to some given performance functional. Our method is of fixed domain type, easy to be implemented,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-13 Dan Tiba , Cornel Marius Murea

In this paper, we present new second-order algorithms for composite convex optimization, called Contracting-domain Newton methods. These algorithms are affine-invariant and based on global second-order lower approximation for the smooth…

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

Shape optimization is a challenging task in many engineering fields, since the numerical solutions of parametric system may be computationally expensive. This work presents a novel optimization procedure based on reduced order modeling,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-07 Nicola Demo , Marco Tezzele , Gianluca Gustin , Gianpiero Lavini , Gianluigi Rozza