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The paper introduces several new concepts for solving nonconvex or nonsmooth optimization problems, including convertible nonconvex function, exact convertible nonconvex function and differentiable convertible nonconvex function. It is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-13 Min Jiang , Rui Shen , Zhiqing Meng , Chuangyin Dang

We develop a homotopy-based framework for computing Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) points of multiobjective optimization problems. The proposed homotopy map continuously deforms an easily solvable system into the KKT conditions associated with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Olaoluwa Ogunleye , Guangming Yao , Jianhua Zhang

Performance indicators are essential tools for assessing the convergence behavior of multi-objective optimization algorithms, particularly when the true Pareto front is unknown or difficult to approximate. Classical reference-based metrics…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Thiago Santos , Sebastiao Xavier

This paper addresses the class of continuous-time nonlinear programming problems with equality and inequality constraints. The paper presents necessary optimality conditions of the sequential form. To be more precise, a sequence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Moisés R. C. do Monte , Rodrigo B. Moreira , Valeriano A. de Oliveira

In this paper, we study the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) points of the associated maximum-margin problem in homogeneous neural networks, including fully-connected and convolutional neural networks. In particular, We investigates the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Jiahan Zhang , Yaoyu Zhang , Tao Luo

In this paper, we present a neural network approach to address the dynamic unbalanced optimal transport problem on surfaces with point cloud representation. For surfaces with point cloud representation, traditional method is difficult to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-04-23 Jiangong Pan , Wei Wan , Yuejin Zhang , Chenlong Bao , Zuoqiang Shi

Training neural networks involves solving large-scale non-convex optimization problems. This task has long been believed to be extremely difficult, with fear of local minima and other obstacles motivating a variety of schemes to improve…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-05-25 Ian J. Goodfellow , Oriol Vinyals , Andrew M. Saxe

We develop a novel switching dynamics that converges to the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) point of a nonlinear optimisation problem. This new approach is particularly notable for its lower dimensionality compared to conventional primal-dual…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Joel Ferguson , Saeed Ahmed , Juan E. Machado , Michele Cucuzzella , Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen

The primary focus of this paper is on designing an inexact first-order algorithm for solving constrained nonlinear optimization problems. By controlling the inexactness of the subproblem solution, we can significantly reduce the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-19 Hao Wang , Fan Zhang , Jiashan Wang , Yuyang Rong

Gate-based quantum computations represent an essential to realize near-term quantum computer architectures. A gate-model quantum neural network (QNN) is a QNN implemented on a gate-model quantum computer, realized via a set of unitaries…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Laszlo Gyongyosi , Sandor Imre

In this paper, we provide a complete characterization on the robust isolated calmness of the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) solution mapping for convex constrained optimization problems regularized by the nuclear norm function. This study is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-21 Ying Cui , Defeng Sun

Several learning problems involve solving min-max problems, e.g., empirical distributional robust learning or learning with non-standard aggregated losses. More specifically, these problems are convex-linear problems where the minimization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-07 Christophe Roux , Elias Wirth , Sebastian Pokutta , Thomas Kerdreux

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

We consider the convex optimization problem $\min \{f(x) : g_j(x)\leq 0, j=1,...,m\}$ where $f$ is convex, the feasible set K is convex and Slater's condition holds, but the functions $g_j$ are not necessarily convex. We show that for any…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-11-09 Jean B. Lasserre

The DC optimal power flow (DCOPF) problem is a fundamental problem in power systems operations and planning. With high penetration of uncertain renewable resources in power systems, DCOPF needs to be solved repeatedly for a large amount of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-22 Ling Zhang , Yize Chen , Baosen Zhang

This paper presents an efficient parallel Cholesky factorization and triangular solve algorithm for the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) systems arising in multistage optimization problems, with a focus on model predictive control and trajectory…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Fenglong Song , Roland Schwan , Yuwen Chen , Colin N. Jones

In this paper we study a class of unconstrained and constrained bilevel optimization problems in which the lower level is a possibly nonsmooth convex optimization problem, while the upper level is a possibly nonconvex optimization problem.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-08 Zhaosong Lu , Sanyou Mei

Computing approximate Karush--Kuhn--Tucker (KKT) points for constrained nonconvex programs is a fundamental problem in mathematical programming. Interior-point trust-region (IPTR) methods are particularly attractive for such problems…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Yuexin Su , Chenyi Zhang , Peiyuan Huang , Tongyang Li , Yinyu Ye

In this paper, an optimal consensus problem with local inequality constraints is studied for a network of single-integrator agents. The goal is that a group of single-integrator a gents rendezvous at the optimal point of the sum of local…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-03-14 Amir Adibzadeh , Mohsen Zamani , Amir A. Suratgar , Mohammad B. Menhaj

We introduce a new form of Lagrangian and propose a simple first-order algorithm for nonconvex optimization with nonlinear equality constraints. We show the algorithm generates bounded dual iterates, and establish the convergence to KKT…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Jong Gwang Kim