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We consider problems with multiple linear objectives and linear constraints and use Adjustable Robust Optimization and Polynomial Optimization as tools to approximate the Pareto set with polynomials of arbitrarily large degree. The main…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-01-13 Bram L. Gorissen , Dick den Hertog

We study a cutting-plane method for semidefinite optimization problems (SDOs), and supply a proof of the method's convergence, under a boundedness assumption. By relating the method's rate of convergence to an initial outer approximation's…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-17 Dimitris Bertsimas , Ryan Cory-Wright

One approach for reducing run time and improving efficiency of machine learning is to reduce the convergence rate of the optimization algorithm used. Shuffling is an algorithm technique that is widely used in machine learning, but it only…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-29 Yuetong Xu , Baharan Mirzasoleiman

In this paper, we present a novel nonlinear programming-based approach to fine-tune pre-trained neural networks to improve robustness against adversarial attacks while maintaining high accuracy on clean data. Our method introduces…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Shudian Zhao , Jan Kronqvist

In this paper, we propose a simple global optimisation algorithm inspired by Pareto's principle. This algorithm samples most of its solutions within prominent search domains and is equipped with a self-adaptive mechanism to control the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-30 Mahmoud Shaqfa , Katrin Beyer

This paper proposes novel algorithm for non-convex multimodal constrained optimisation problems. It is based on sequential solving restrictions of problem to sections of feasible set by random subspaces (in general, manifolds) of low…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-28 Dmitry A. Pasechnyuk , Alexander Gornov

A multiple objective simulation optimization algorithm named Multiple Objective Probabilistic Branch and Bound with Single Observation (MOPBnB(so)) is presented for approximating the Pareto optimal set and the associated efficient frontier…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-06 Hao Huang , Zelda B. Zabinsky

We consider a multi-objective optimization problem with objective functions that are expensive to evaluate. The decision maker (DM) has unknown preferences, and so the standard approach is to generate an approximation of the Pareto front…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Juan Ungredda , Mariapia Marchi , Teresa Montrone , Juergen Branke

A key task in multi-objective optimization is to compute the Pareto subset or frontier $P$ of a given $d$-dimensional objective space $F$; that is, a maximal subset $P\subseteq F$ such that every element in $P$ is not-dominated (it is not…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Konstantinos Karathanasis , Spyros Kontogiannis , Christos Zaroliagis

This paper presents a piecewise convexification method to approximate the whole approximate optimal solution set of non-convex optimization problems with box constraints. In the process of box division, we first classify the sub-boxes and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-30 Qiao Zhu , Liping Tang , Xinmin Yang

The numerical performance of algorithms can be studied using test sets or procedures that generate such problems. This paper proposes various methods for generating linear, semidefinite, and second-order cone optimization problems.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-03 Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi , Ramin Fakhimi , Brandon Augustino , Tamás Terlaky

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

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

In this paper we consider multi-objective optimization problems over a box. The problem is very relevant and several computational approaches have been proposed in the literature. They broadly fall into two main classes: evolutionary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-08 Matteo Lapucci , Pierluigi Mansueto , Fabio Schoen

We study distributed optimization problems over a network when the communication between the nodes is constrained, and so information that is exchanged between the nodes must be quantized. This imperfect communication poses a fundamental…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Thinh T. Doan , Siva Theja Maguluri , Justin Romberg

According to the published papers and books since the turn of the century, Pareto optimization is the dominating assessment method for multi-objective nonlinear optimization problems treated by population-based optimizers like Evolutionary…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Wilfried Jakob , Christian Blume

Many modern machine learning applications, such as multi-task learning, require finding optimal model parameters to trade-off multiple objective functions that may conflict with each other. The notion of the Pareto set allows us to focus on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-05 Mao Ye , Qiang Liu

A new pattern search method for bound constrained optimization is introduced. The proposed algorithm employs the coordinate directions, in a suitable way, with a nonmonotone line search for accepting the new iterate, without using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-25 Johanna A. Frau , Elvio A. Pilotta

An optimization algorithm for nonsmooth nonconvex constrained optimization problems with upper-C2 objective functions is proposed and analyzed. Upper-C2 is a weakly concave property that exists in difference of convex (DC) functions and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-21 Jingyi Wang , Cosmin G. Petra

Automated machine learning has gained a lot of attention recently. Building and selecting the right machine learning models is often a multi-objective optimization problem. General purpose machine learning software that simultaneously…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-15 Steven Gardner , Oleg Golovidov , Joshua Griffin , Patrick Koch , Wayne Thompson , Brett Wujek , Yan Xu