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We consider a finite volume scheme with two-point flux approximation (TPFA) to approximate a Laplace problem when the solution exhibits no more regularity than belonging to $H^1_0(\Omega)$. We establish in this case some error bounds for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-28 Robert Eymard , Thierry Gallouët , Raphaele Herbin

We present a review of methods for optimal experimental design (OED) for Bayesian inverse problems governed by partial differential equations with infinite-dimensional parameters. The focus is on problems where one seeks to optimize the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-01 Alen Alexanderian

Optimization problems are crucial in artificial intelligence. Optimization algorithms are generally used to adjust the performance of artificial intelligence models to minimize the error of mapping inputs to outputs. Current evaluation…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Zhicheng He

We study the projection onto the set of feasible inputs and the set of feasible solutions of a polynomial optimisation problem (POP). Our motivation is increasing the robustness of solvers for POP: Without a priori guarantees of feasibility…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-18 Claudio Gambella , Jakub Marecek , Martin Mevissen

We investigate the computational complexity of min-max optimization under coupled constraints. The work of Daskalakis, Skoulakis, and Zampetakis [DSZ21] was the first to study min-max optimization through the lens of computational…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Martino Bernasconi , Matteo Castiglioni , Andrea Celli , Gabriele Farina

Preference handling and optimization are indispensable means for addressing non-trivial applications in Answer Set Programming (ASP). However, their implementation becomes difficult whenever they bring about a significant increase in…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-07-29 Martin Gebser , Roland Kaminski , Torsten Schaub

This paper is about minimum cost constrained selection of inputs and outputs for generic arbitrary pole placement. The input-output set is constrained in the sense that the set of states that each input can influence and the set of states…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-11 Shana Moothedath , Prasanna Chaporkar , Madhu N. Belur

Separable convex optimization problems with linear ascending inequality and equality constraints are addressed in this paper. Under an ordering condition on the slopes of the functions at the origin, an algorithm that determines the optimum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-07-22 Arun Padakandla , Rajesh Sundaresan

Inverse optimization refers to the inference of unknown parameters of an optimization problem based on knowledge of its optimal solutions. This paper considers inverse optimization in the setting where measurements of the optimal solutions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-27 Anil Aswani , Zuo-Jun Max Shen , Auyon Siddiq

The Maximum Flow Problem with Conflict Constraints is a generalization that adds conflict constraints to a classical optimization problem on networks used to model several real-world applications. In the last few years several approaches,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-26 Roberto Montemanni , Derek H. Smith

This paper considers the problems of unconstrained minimization of large scale smooth convex functions having block-coordinate-wise Lipschitz continuous gradients. The block coordinate descent (BCD) method are among the first optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-18 Ziqiang Shi , Rujie Liu

We propose a new methodology to design first-order methods for unconstrained strongly convex problems. Specifically, instead of tackling the original objective directly, we construct a shifted objective function that has the same minimizer…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-22 Kaiwen Zhou , Anthony Man-Cho So , James Cheng

The benefits of a recently proposed method to approximate hard optimization problems are demonstrated on the graph partitioning problem. The performance of this new method, called Extremal Optimization, is compared to Simulated Annealing in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Boettcher

On one hand, consider the problem of finding global solutions to a polynomial optimization problem and, on the other hand, consider the problem of interpolating a set of points with a complex exponential function. This paper proposes a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Cédric Josz

Integer programming (IP) has proven to be highly effective in solving many path-based optimization problems in robotics. However, the applications of IP are generally done in an ad-hoc, problem specific manner. In this work, after examined…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-04 Shuai D. Han , Jingjin Yu

Modern deep neural networks achieved remarkable progress in medical image segmentation tasks. However, it has recently been observed that they tend to produce overconfident estimates, even in situations of high uncertainty, leading to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Agostina Larrazabal , Cesar Martinez , Jose Dolz , Enzo Ferrante

The problems of optimal recovery of unbounded operators are studied. Optimality means the highest possible accuracy and the minimal amount of discrete information involved. It is established that the truncation method, when certain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Oleg Davydov , Sergei Solodky

An interval transportation problem represents a model for a transportation problem in which the values of supply, demand, and transportation costs are affected by uncertainty and can vary independently within given interval ranges. One of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Elif Radová Garajová , Miroslav Rada

Solving initial value problems and boundary value problems of Linear Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) plays an important role in many applications. There are various numerical methods and solvers to obtain approximate solutions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-22 Wenqiang Yang , Wenyuan Wu , Robert M. Corless

This paper investigates the optimality conditions for characterizing the local minimizers of the constrained optimization problems involving an $\ell_p$ norm ($0<p<1$) of the variables, which may appear in either the objective or the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Hao Wang , Yining Gao , Jiashan Wang , Hongying Liu