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This paper introduces mixed-integer optimization methods to solve regression problems that incorporate fairness metrics. We propose an exact formulation for training fair regression models. To tackle this computationally hard problem, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Anna Deza , Andrés Gómez , Alper Atamtürk

It is well-known that the convex and concave envelope of a multilinear polynomial over a box are polyhedral functions. Exponential-sized extended and projected formulations for these envelopes are also known. We consider the convexification…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-14 Yibo Xu , Warren Adams , Akshay Gupte

We present a geometrical analysis on the completely positive programming reformulation of quadratic optimization problems and its extension to polynomial optimization problems with a class of geometrically defined nonconvex conic programs…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-09 Sunyoung Kim , Masakazu Kojima , Kim-Chuan Toh

In this paper we give a unified treatment of two different definitions of complementarity partition of multifold conic programs introduced independently in [J. F. Bonnans and H. Ram\'irez C., Math. Program. 104 (2005), no. 2-3, Ser. B,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-11 Héctor Ramírez , Vera Roshchina

Approximations of functions with finite data often do not respect certain "structural" properties of the functions. For example, if a given function is non-negative, a polynomial approximation of the function is not necessarily also…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-20 Vidhi Zala , Robert M. Kirby , Akil Narayan

Motivated by modern regression applications, in this paper, we study the convexification of a class of convex optimization problems with indicator variables and combinatorial constraints on the indicators. Unlike most of the previous work…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-17 Linchuan Wei , Andres Gomez , Simge Kucukyavuz

We study the structure of the set of all possible affine hyperplane sections of a convex polytope. We present two different cell decompositions of this set, induced by hyperplane arrangements. Using our decomposition, we bound the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Marie-Charlotte Brandenburg , Jesús A. De Loera , Chiara Meroni

We propose a solution approach for the problem (P) of minimizing an unconstrained binary polynomial optimization problem. We call this method PQCR (Polynomial Quadratic Convex Reformulation). The resolution is based on a 3-phase method. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-01-24 Sourour Elloumi , Amélie Lambert , Arnaud Lazare

Reductions combine collections of input values with an associative and often commutative operator to produce collections of results. When the same input value contributes to multiple outputs, there is an opportunity to reuse partial…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Louis Narmour , Tomofumi Yuki , Sanjay Rajopadhye

In this paper, we study some bounds for nonconvex quadratically constrained quadratic programs. We propose two types of bounds for quadratically constrained quadratic programs, quadratic and cubic bounds. For quadratic bounds, we use affine…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Moslem Zamani

Convex hulls are useful as tight bounding proxies for a variety of tasks including collision detection, ray intersection, and distance computation. Unfortunately, the complexity of polyhedral convex hulls grows linearly with their input. We…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Alec Jacobson

In this paper, we investigate a class of non-convex sum-of-ratios programs relevant to decision-making in key areas such as product assortment and pricing, and facility location and cost planning. These optimization problems, characterized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Hoang Giang Pham , Ngan Ha Duong , Tien Mai , Thuy Anh Ta , Minh Hoang Ha

In this paper, we study the solution uniqueness of an individual feasible vector of a class of convex optimization problems involving convex piecewise affine functions and subject to general polyhedral constraints. This class of problems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-17 Seyedahmad Mousavi , Jinglai Shen

In this paper, we present a novel approach to decompose a given piecewise affine (PWA) function into two convex PWA functions. Convex decompositions are useful to speed up or distribute evaluations of PWA functions. Different approaches to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-10 Nils Schlüter , Moritz Schulze Darup

This paper presents a canonical dual approach to the problem of minimizing the sum of a quadratic function and the ratio of nonconvex function and quadratic functions, which is a type of non-convex optimization problem subject to an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-21 David Yang Gao , Ning Ruan

This paper studies binary quadratic programs in which the objective is defined by a Euclidean distance matrix, subject to a general polyhedral constraint set. This class of nonconcave maximisation problems includes the capacitated,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Hoa T. Bui , Sandy Spiers , Ryan Loxton

This paper presents an algorithmic study of a class of covering mixed-integer linear programming problems which encompasses classic cover problems, including multidimensional knapsack, facility location and supplier selection problems. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Kobe Grobben , Phablo F. S. Moura , Hande Yaman

Convexity, though extremely important in mathematical programming, has not drawn enough attention in the field of dynamic programming. This paper gives conditions for verifying convexity of the cost-to-go functions, and introduces an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-14 Sheng Yu , Enrique Campos-Nanez

We study a class of projective transformations of spectraplexes associated with self-dual cones and, on this basis, propose a polynomial-time algorithm for convex feasibility problems with positive definite constraints. At each iteration of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-19 Sergei Chubanov

Submodular function minimization is a fundamental optimization problem that arises in several applications in machine learning and computer vision. The problem is known to be solvable in polynomial time, but general purpose algorithms have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-02-10 Alina Ene , Huy L. Nguyen