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This paper presents a novel convex optimization-based method for finding the globally optimal solutions of a class of mixed-integer non-convex optimal control problems. We consider problems with non-convex constraints that restrict the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-21 Danylo Malyuta , Behcet Acikmese

We present a framework for smooth optimization of explicitly regularized objectives for (structured) sparsity. These non-smooth and possibly non-convex problems typically rely on solvers tailored to specific models and regularizers. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Chris Kolb , Christian L. Müller , Bernd Bischl , David Rügamer

We study the optimization problem over the weakly Pareto set of a convex multiobjective optimization problem given by polynomial functions. Using Lagrange multiplier expressions and the weight vector, we give three types of representations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Lei Huang , Jiawang Nie , Jiajia Wang

In this paper, we propose a successive pseudo-convex approximation algorithm to efficiently compute stationary points for a large class of possibly nonconvex optimization problems. The stationary points are obtained by solving a sequence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-17 Yang Yang , Marius Pesavento

This paper is about variable selection, clustering and estimation in an unsupervised high-dimensional setting. Our approach is based on fitting constrained Gaussian mixture models, where we learn the number of clusters $K$ and the set of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2014-02-03 Stephane Gaiffas , Bertrand Michel

Regularized methods have been widely applied to system identification problems without known model structures. This paper proposes an infinite-dimensional sparse learning algorithm based on atomic norm regularization. Atomic norm…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-20 Mingzhou Yin , Mehmet Tolga Akan , Andrea Iannelli , Roy S. Smith

Non-commutative polynomial optimization (NPO) problems seek to minimize the state average of a polynomial of some operator variables, subject to polynomial constraints, over all states and operators, as well as the Hilbert spaces where…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Mateus Araújo , Andrew J. P. Garner , Miguel Navascues

We consider sparsity-based techniques for the approximation of high-dimensional functions from random pointwise evaluations. To date, almost all the works published in this field contain some a priori assumptions about the error corrupting…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-10 Ben Adcock , Anyi Bao , Simone Brugiapaglia

Stochastic optimization algorithms update models with cheap per-iteration costs sequentially, which makes them amenable for large-scale data analysis. Such algorithms have been widely studied for structured sparse models where the sparsity…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-10 Baojian Zhou , Feng Chen , Yiming Ying

In this work, we study the problem of finding approximate, with minimum support set, solutions to matrix max-plus equations, which we call sparse approximate solutions. We show how one can obtain such solutions efficiently and in polynomial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Nikos Tsilivis , Anastasios Tsiamis , Petros Maragos

In this paper, we propose a new convergent conic programming hierarchy of relaxations involving both semi-definite cone and second-order cone constraints for solving nonconvex polynomial optimization problems to global optimality. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-19 T. D Chuong , V. Jeyakumar , G. Li

Machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms typically require large amount of data for training. This means that for nonlinear aeroelastic applications, where small training budgets are driven by the high computational burden…

Finding the sparsest solutions to a tensor complementarity problem is generally NP-hard due to the nonconvexity and noncontinuity of the involved $\ell_0$ norm. In this paper, a special type of tensor complementarity problems with…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-06 Ziyan Luo , Liqun Qi , Naihua Xiu

This paper presents the design and analysis of a Hybrid High-Order (HHO) approximation for a distributed optimal control problem governed by the Poisson equation. We propose three distinct schemes to address unconstrained control problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Gouranga Mallik , Ramesh Chandra Sau

The recent work of \cite{CRT,DonohoPol} rigorously proved (in a large dimensional and statistical context) that if the number of equations (measurements in the compressed sensing terminology) in the system is proportional to the length of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-04-02 Mihailo Stojnic

In this paper, we consider multi-objective optimization problems with a sparsity constraint on the vector of variables. For this class of problems, inspired by the homonymous necessary optimality condition for sparse single-objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-07 Matteo Lapucci , Pierluigi Mansueto

Sparsity constrained minimization captures a wide spectrum of applications in both machine learning and signal processing. This class of problems is difficult to solve since it is NP-hard and existing solutions are primarily based on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-31 Ganzhao Yuan , Bernard Ghanem

We formulate a class of nonlinear {evolution} partial differential equations (PDEs) as linear optimization problems on moments of positive measures supported on infinite-dimensional vector spaces. Using sums of squares (SOS) representations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-31 Didier Henrion , Maria Infusino , Salma Kuhlmann , Victor Vinnikov

We consider the problem of output feedback controller sparsification for systems with parametric uncertainties. We develop an optimization scheme that minimizes the performance deterioration caused by the sparsification process, while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-16 Reza Arastoo , MirSaleh Bahavarnia

When uncertainty meets costly information gathering, a fundamental question emerges: which data points should we probe to unlock near-optimal solutions? Sparsification of stochastic packing problems addresses this trade-off. The existing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Shaddin Dughmi , Yusuf Hakan Kalayci , Xinyu Liu