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Zeckendorf proved that every integer can be written uniquely as a sum of non-consecutive Fibonacci numbers $\{F_n\}$, and later researchers showed that the distribution of the number of summands needed for such decompositions of integers in…

This paper presents a canonical polyadic (CP) tensor decomposition that addresses unaligned observations. The mode with unaligned observations is represented using functions in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). We introduce a…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-08-12 Runshi Tang , Tamara Kolda , Anru R. Zhang

An improved characteristic set algorithm for solving Boolean polynomial systems is proposed. This algorithm is based on the idea of converting all the polynomials into monic ones by zero decomposition, and using additions to obtain…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Zhenyu Huang , Yao Sun , Dongdai Lin

Composite minimization is a powerful framework in large-scale convex optimization, based on decoupling of the objective function into terms with structurally different properties and allowing for more flexible algorithmic design. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-17 Jelena Diakonikolas , Cristóbal Guzmán

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

In this paper, we propose a distributed algorithm for solving large-scale separable convex problems using Lagrangian dual decomposition and the interior-point framework. By adding self-concordant barrier terms to the ordinary Lagrangian, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-14 I. Necoara , J. A. K. Suykens

The ParaTuck-2 decomposition (PT2D) of third-order tensor is a two-layer generalization of the well-known canonical polyadic decomposition (CPD).While being more flexible than the CPD, the PT2D also possesses similar uniqueness…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Konstantin Usevich

We introduce a new convex optimization problem, termed quadratic decomposable submodular function minimization. The problem is closely related to decomposable submodular function minimization and arises in many learning on graphs and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-12 Pan Li , Niao He , Olgica Milenkovic

Cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) is a core algorithm within Symbolic Computation, particularly for quantifier elimination over the reals and polynomial systems solving more generally. It is now finding increased application as a…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2017-12-22 James H. Davenport , Matthew England

In this paper we contribute to the frequently studied question of how to decompose a continuous piecewise linear (CPWL) function into a difference of two convex CPWL functions. Every CPWL function has infinitely many such decompositions,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Marie-Charlotte Brandenburg , Moritz Grillo , Christoph Hertrich

Modern Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architectures, despite their superiority in solving various problems, are generally too large to be deployed on resource constrained edge devices. In this paper, we reduce memory usage and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-17 Marawan Gamal Abdel Hameed , Marzieh S. Tahaei , Ali Mosleh , Vahid Partovi Nia

Polynomial optimization problems represent a wide class of optimization problems, with a large number of real-world applications. Current approaches for polynomial optimization, such as the sum of squares (SOS) method, rely on large-scale…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-04 Dimitris Bertsimas , Dick den Hertog , Thodoris Koukouvinos

This paper provides a general solution for the Kronecker product decomposition (KPD) of vectors, matrices, and hypermatrices. First, an algorithm, namely, monic decomposition algorithm (MDA), is reviewed. It consists of a set of projections…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Daizhan Cheng

In this paper we consider the composite self-concordant (CSC) minimization problem, which minimizes the sum of a self-concordant function $f$ and a (possibly nonsmooth) proper closed convex function $g$. The CSC minimization is the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-04 Zhaosong Lu

We propose a general solution approach for min-max-robust counterparts of combinatorial optimization problems with uncertain linear objectives. We focus on the discrete scenario case, but our approach can be extended to other types of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-05 Enrico Bettiol , Christoph Buchheim , Marianna De Santis , Francesco Rinaldi

Regular chains and triangular decompositions are fundamental and well-developed tools for describing the complex solutions of polynomial systems. This paper proposes adaptations of these tools focusing on solutions of the real analogue:…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2010-05-17 Changbo Chen , James H. Davenport , John P. May , Marc Moreno Maza , Bican Xia , Rong Xiao

In this paper, we investigate a sixth order elliptic equation with the simply supported boundary conditions in a polygonal domain. We propose a new method that decouples the sixth order problem into a system of second order equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Hengguang Li , Peimeng Yin

We give reconstruction algorithms for subclasses of depth-3 arithmetic circuits. In particular, we obtain the first efficient algorithm for finding tensor rank, and an optimal tensor decomposition as a sum of rank-one tensors, when given…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-09-12 Shir Peleg , Amir Shpilka , Ben Lee Volk

We consider a class of nonconvex nonsmooth multicomposite optimization problems where the objective function consists of a Tikhonov regularizer and a composition of multiple nonconvex nonsmooth component functions. Such optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Lingzi Jin , Xiao Wang , Xiaojun Chen

Low rank tensor decompositions are a powerful tool for learning generative models, and uniqueness results give them a significant advantage over matrix decomposition methods. However, tensors pose significant algorithmic challenges and…

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