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We construct least squares formulations of PDEs with inhomogeneous essential boundary conditions, where boundary residuals are not measured in unpractical fractional Sobolev norms, but which formulations nevertheless are shown to yield a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-12 Harald Monsuur , Robin Smeets , Rob Stevenson

We propose a new least squares finite element method to solve the Stokes problem with two sequential steps. The approximation spaces are constructed by patch reconstruction with one unknown per element. For the first step, we reconstruct an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-05 Ruo Li , Fanyi Yang

The paper addresses the model reduction problem for linear and nonlinear systems using the notion of least squares moment matching. For linear systems, the main idea is to approximate a transfer function by ensuring that the interpolation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-13 Alberto Padoan

We analyze a simple prefiltered variation of the least squares estimator for the problem of estimation with biased, semi-parametric noise, an error model studied more broadly in causal statistics and active learning. We prove an oracle…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Max Simchowitz , Ross Boczar , Benjamin Recht

Nowadays, Non-Linear Least-Squares embodies the foundation of many Robotics and Computer Vision systems. The research community deeply investigated this topic in the last years, and this resulted in the development of several open-source…

In this paper we propose a variant of the linear least squares model allowing practitioners to partition the input features into groups of variables that they require to contribute similarly to the final result. The output allows…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Roberto Esposito , Mattia Cerrato , Marco Locatelli

This paper presents an optimum technique based on the least squares method for the derivation of the bubble functions to enrich the standard linear finite elements employed in the formulation of Galerkin weighted-residual statements. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-06-28 A. Yazdani , V. Nassehi

An extension of the Gauss-Newton algorithm is proposed to find local minimizers of penalized nonlinear least squares problems, under generalized Lipschitz assumptions. Convergence results of local type are obtained, as well as an estimate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-03-03 Saverio Salzo , Silvia Villa

A convincing feature of least-squares finite element methods is the built-in a posteriori error estimator for any conforming discretization. In order to generalize this property to discontinuous finite element ansatz functions, this paper…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Philipp Bringmann

The variational approach to fracture is effective for simulating the nucleation and propagation of complex crack patterns, but is computationally demanding. The model is a strongly nonlinear non-convex variational inequality that demands…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-18 Patrick E. Farrell , Corrado Maurini

The least squares method allows fitting parameters of a mathematical model from experimental data. This article proposes a general approach of this method. After introducing the method and giving a formal definition, the transitivity of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-27 Benjamin Lenoir

Developing efficient methods for solving parametric partial differential equations is crucial for addressing inverse problems. This work introduces a Least-Squares-based Neural Network (LS-Net) method for solving linear parametric PDEs. It…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Shima Baharlouei , Jamie M. Taylor , Carlos Uriarte , David Pardo

The condition number of a linear function of the indefinite least squares solution is called the partial condition number for the indefinite least squares problem. In this paper, based on a new and very general condition number which can be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-05 Hanyu Li , Shaoxin Wang

In this paper, we study the least-squares finite element methods (LSFEM) for the linear hyperbolic transport equations. The linear transport equation naturally allows discontinuous solutions and discontinuous inflow conditions, while the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-12 Qunjie Liu , Shun Zhang

This chapter offers a comprehensive introduction to the least-squares neural network (LSNN) method introduced in [14,16], for solving scalar first-order hyperbolic partial differential equations, specifically linear advection-reaction…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Min Liu , Zhiqiang Cai

In this paper, an abstract framework for the error analysis of discontinuous finite element method is developed for the distributed and Neumann boundary control problems governed by the stationary Stokes equation with control constraints.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-01 Asha K Dond , Thirupathi Gudi , Ramesh Ch. Sau

Given a set of response observations for a parametrized dynamical system, we seek a parametrized dynamical model that will yield uniformly small response error over a range of parameter values yet has low order. Frequently, access to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-20 Alexander Grimm , Christopher Beattie , Zlatko Drmač , Serkan Gugercin

The Gauss-Newton's method for solving nonlinear least squares problems is studied in this paper. Under the hypothesis that the derivative of the function associated with the least square problem satisfies a majorant condition, a local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-03-29 O. P. Ferreira , M. L. N. Goncalves , P. R. Oliveira

We develop a Levenberg-Marquardt method for minimizing the sum of a smooth nonlinear least-squar es term $f(x) = \tfrac{1}{2} \|F(x)\|_2^2$ and a nonsmooth term $h$. Both $f$ and $h$ may be nonconvex. Steps are computed by minimizing the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-09 Aleksandr Y. Aravkin , Robert Baraldi , Dominique Orban

We propose a least-squares method involving the recovery of the gradient and possibly the Hessian for elliptic equation in nondivergence form. As our approach is based on the Lax--Milgram theorem with the curl-free constraint built into the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-08 Omar Lakkis , Amireh Mousavi