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This paper is devoted to the analysis of a second order method for recovering the \emph{a priori} unknown shape of an inclusion $\omega$ inside a body $\Omega$ from boundary measurement. This inverse problem - known as electrical impedance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lekbir Afraites , Marc Dambrine , Djalil Kateb

We apply an unfitted HDG discretization to a model problem in shape optimization. The method proposed uses a fixed, shape regular, non-geometry conforming mesh and a high order transfer technique to deal with the curved boundaries arising…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Esteban Henríquez , Tonatiuh Sánchez-Vizuet , Manuel Solano

The paper is devoted to deriving novel second-order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for local minimizers in rather general classes of nonsmooth unconstrained and constrained optimization problems in finite-dimensional spaces.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Pham Duy Khanh , Vu Vinh Huy Khoa , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Vo Thanh Phat

In this article, the shape optimization of a linear elastic body subject to frictional (Tresca) contact is investigated. Due to the projection operators involved in the formulation of the contact problem, the solution is not shape…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-30 Bastien Chaudet-Dumas , Jean Deteix

We introduce a novel mesh-free and direct method for computing the shape derivative in PDE-constrained shape optimization problems. Our approach is based on a probabilistic representation of the shape derivative and is applicable for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Luka Schlegel , Volker Schulz , Frank T. Seifried , Maximilian Würschmidt

Topology optimization problems often support multiple local minima due to a lack of convexity. Typically, gradient-based techniques combined with continuation in model parameters are used to promote convergence to more optimal solutions;…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-13 Ioannis P. A. Papadopoulos , Patrick E. Farrell , Thomas M. Surowiec

We implement a shape optimization algorithm for body-assisted light-matter interactions described by the formalism of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics. The approach uses the level-set method to represent and incrementally evolve…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-09 Jonas Matuszak , Stefan Yoshi Buhmann , Robert Bennett

Inspired by applications in optimal control of semilinear elliptic partial differential equations and physics-integrated imaging, differential equation constrained optimization problems with constituents that are only accessible through…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Guozhi Dong , Michael Hintermueller , Kostas Papafitsoros

We generalize the technique of [Solving Dirichlet boundary-value problems on curved domains by extensions from subdomains, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 34, pp. A497--A519 (2012)] to elliptic problems with mixed boundary conditions and elliptic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Weifeng Qiu , Manuel Solano , Patrick Vega

In this work we derive a second-order approach to bilevel optimization, a type of mathematical programming in which the solution to a parameterized optimization problem (the "lower" problem) is itself to be optimized (in the "upper"…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-06 Robert Dyro , Edward Schmerling , Nikos Arechiga , Marco Pavone

Shape optimization involves the minimization of a cost function defined over a set of shapes, often governed by a partial differential equation (PDE). In the absence of closed-form solutions, one relies on numerical methods to approximate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-21 Eloi Martinet , Leon Bungert

Shape calculus concerns the calculation of directional derivatives of some quantity of interest, typically expressed as an integral. This article introduces a type of shape calculus based on localized dilation of boundary faces through…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-29 Martin Berggren

In general, standard necessary optimality conditions cannot be formulated in a straightforward manner for semi-smooth shape optimization problems. In this paper, we consider shape optimization problems constrained by variational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-17 Daniel Luft , Volker H. Schulz , Kathrin Welker

The present article is dedicated to proving convergence of the stochastic gradient method in case of random shape optimization problems. To that end, we consider Bernoulli's exterior free boundary problem with a random interior boundary. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-12 Marc Dambrine , Caroline Geiersbach , Helmut Harbrecht

Many physical phenomena, governed by partial differential equations (PDEs), are second order in nature. This makes sense to pose the control on the second order derivatives of the field solution, in addition to zero and first order ones, to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-11 Rouhollah Tavakoli

The space mapping technique is used to efficiently solve complex optimization problems. It combines the accuracy of fine model simulations with the speed of coarse model optimizations to approximate the solution of the fine model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Sebastian Blauth

In this work, we investigate a particular class of shape optimization problems under uncertainties on the input parameters. More precisely, we are interested in the minimization of the expectation of a quadratic objective in a situation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-01 M. Dambrine , C. Dapogny , H. Harbrecht

This work focuses on numerically solving a shape identification problem related to advection-diffusion processes with space-dependent coefficients using shape optimization techniques. Two boundary-type cost functionals are considered, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Elmehdi Cherrat , Lekbir Afraites , Julius Fergy Tiongson Rabago

In this article, we propose a shape optimization algorithm which is able to handle large deformations while maintaining a high level of mesh quality. Based on the method of mappings we introduce a nonlinear extension operator, which links a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-12 Sofiya Onyshkevych , Martin Siebenborn

We present and analyze a new finite element method for solving interface problems on a triangular grid. The method locally modifies a given triangulation such that the interfaces are accurately resolved and the maximal angle condition…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Peter Gangl , Ulrich Langer