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We consider the inverse reinforcement learning (IRL) problem, where an unknown reward function of some Markov decision process is estimated based on observed expert demonstrations. In most existing approaches, IRL is formulated and solved…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-27 Hao Zhu , Yuan Zhang , Joschka Boedecker

In this work, we propose a novel inverse reinforcement learning (IRL) algorithm for constrained Markov decision process (CMDP) problems. In standard IRL problems, the inverse learner or agent seeks to recover the reward function of the MDP,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Nirjhar Das , Arpan Chattopadhyay

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

Inverse optimization seeks to recover unknown objective parameters from observed decisions, yet fundamental questions about when recovery is possible have received limited formal treatment. This paper develops a comprehensive theoretical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Farzin Ahmadi , Fardin Ganjkhanloo , Kimia Ghobadi

Data-driven inverse optimization for mixed-integer linear programs (MILPs), which seeks to learn an objective function and constraints consistent with observed decisions, is important for building accurate mathematical models in a variety…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Akira Kitaoka

We study the problem of inverse reinforcement learning (IRL), where the learning agent recovers a reward function using expert demonstrations. Most of the existing IRL techniques make the often unrealistic assumption that the agent has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Franck Djeumou , Murat Cubuktepe , Craig Lennon , Ufuk Topcu

In this paper we study the differentially private Empirical Risk Minimization (ERM) problem in different settings. For smooth (strongly) convex loss function with or without (non)-smooth regularization, we give algorithms that achieve…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-02-15 Di Wang , Minwei Ye , Jinhui Xu

Consider a problem where a set of feasible observations are provided by an expert and a cost function is defined that characterizes which of the observations dominate the others and are hence, preferred. Our goal is to find a set of linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-14 Kimia Ghobadi , Houra Mahmoudzadeh

Conventional inverse optimization inputs a solution and finds the parameters of an optimization model that render a given solution optimal. The literature mostly focuses on inferring the objective function in linear problems when accepted…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Houra Mahmoudzadeh , Kimia Ghobadi

We study inverse optimization (IO), where the goal is to use a parametric optimization program as the hypothesis class to infer relationships between input-decision pairs. Most of the literature focuses on learning only the objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-22 Ke Ren , Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani , Angelos Georghiou

In inverse reinforcement learning (IRL), a learning agent infers a reward function encoding the underlying task using demonstrations from experts. However, many existing IRL techniques make the often unrealistic assumption that the agent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Franck Djeumou , Christian Ellis , Murat Cubuktepe , Craig Lennon , Ufuk Topcu

We make an important connection to existing results in econometrics to describe an alternative formulation of inverse reinforcement learning (IRL). In particular, we describe an algorithm using Conditional Choice Probabilities (CCP), which…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-09-25 Mohit Sharma , Kris M. Kitani , Joachim Groeger

Most inverse optimization models impute unspecified parameters of an objective function to make an observed solution optimal for a given optimization problem with a fixed feasible set. We propose two approaches to impute unspecified…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-19 Timothy C. Y. Chan , Neal Kaw

A new approach to solving a large class of factorable nonlinear programming (NLP) problems to global optimality is presented in this paper. Unlike the traditional strategy of partitioning the decision-variable space employed in many…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-04-28 Gene A. Bunin

Inverse problems are central to a wide range of fields, including healthcare, climate science, and agriculture. They involve the estimation of inputs, typically via iterative optimization, to some known forward model so that it produces a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Sean Memery , Kevin Denamganai , Anna Kapron-King , Kartic Subr

Optimizing objective functions subject to constraints is fundamental in many real-world applications. However, these constraints are often not readily defined and must be inferred from expert agent behaviors, a problem known as Inverse…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Bo Yue , Jian Li , Guiliang Liu

We consider linear programming (LP) problems in infinite dimensional spaces that are in general computationally intractable. Under suitable assumptions, we develop an approximation bridge from the infinite-dimensional LP to tractable finite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-22 Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani , Tobias Sutter , Daniel Kuhn , John Lygeros

Linear programming (LP) is an extremely useful tool and has been successfully applied to solve various problems in a wide range of areas, including operations research, engineering, economics, or even more abstract mathematical areas such…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-19 Agniva Chowdhury , Palma London , Haim Avron , Petros Drineas

Various methods for solving the inverse reinforcement learning (IRL) problem have been developed independently in machine learning and economics. In particular, the method of Maximum Causal Entropy IRL is based on the perspective of entropy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-05 Navyata Sanghvi , Shinnosuke Usami , Mohit Sharma , Joachim Groeger , Kris Kitani

Physics-Informed Machine Learning (PIML) offers a powerful paradigm of integrating data with physical laws to address important scientific problems, such as parameter estimation, inferring hidden physics, equation discovery, and state…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Letian Yi , Siyuan Yang , Ying Cui , Zhilu Lai
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